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We were long overdue for haircuts and with extra time at home during social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic, it made clearing the schedule a little easier. The weather was great so we kept the door open for fresh air, turned on Sesame Street to entertain the boys during their cuts and transformed the […]

The boys small room was pretty crowded with two beds, a rocking chair and a dresser, so we had planned to rearrange soon. We kept an eye out for bunkbeds on Facebook Marketplace and made some room by selling the chair. The boys knew they would be getting bunkbeds soon and were very excited. After

We took the boys fishing for the first time over spring break and it was great! We were excited to have some extra time together that week while still practicing social distancing during the coronavirus. See the video and pictures below from our adventure. Fun facts: Derick grew up out at Beaver Lake. He learned

Our sweet, strong, and thoughtful Israel turned five years old today! Happy birthday buddy! Although the current state with Coronavirus has changed our plans, we are counting our blessings and trying to make lemonade from lemons… We decorated the house after the boys went to bed last night and they were so excited this morning!

Thanks everyone for the recommendations on places to donate my hair after I chopped it off back in December! There were so many great options for donating, but I finally decided on one organization! This is a fun throwback video from a few weeks ago (before coronavirus came to the area) of me and the

While we are grateful for the extra bonding time as a little family during this social distancing thing with the coronavirus looming, we have also found it challenging to get uninterrupted quality time for our marriage relationship. Combine that with spending more of our time at home and stress levels being higher than normal, we

…”and the Lord will be with you.” -2 Chron. 20:17 I’m sure your community feels a lot like ours right now as the tension and uncertainties linger while the coronavirus pandemic continues. Ironically, weeks after we registered Israel for public school, the entire state of Arkansas has now shifted abruptly to forced homeschooling for the

We had a fun weekend celebrating Derick’s 31st birthday. We went swimming with “Mima” (Derick’s mom) and Dan & Deena (his brother and his family), then went to a local park for a picnic. A couple days later (on his actual birthday), we got a sitter and went out for a date to Waffle House,

This week we went and got Israel registered for kindergarten. It’s hard to believe he will be five this year! We have already been homeschooling him some, but decided it would be fun to let him go to kindergarten this year. It’s extra special because it’s the same school district Derick enrolled in over 25

So…I usually get my hair trimmed twice a year and it was getting to be that time of year. I wanted to get a little more cut off than I did last time and wanted to get it done soon because it was getting to be hard to manage, the boys were getting tangled in