Paynes Prairie – Gainesville, FL
Several years ago, we were in the Gainesville, Florida area to visit family. We ended up getting to hike along the LaChua Trail, part of Paynes Praire in Micanopy, Florida.
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Women in High Def – Book Review
Do you ever feel like you’re living life in a fog? You enjoy your family, your work, and your life, but you feel like maybe there should be more? In this new book Women in High Def: Boldly Living Your Purposes with Vibrant Clarity, author Diane Markins tackles this issue head on. She gives a…
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Ringling Bros Circus Experience
Update: Ringling Bros Circus is no longer an opportunity for us to enjoy. This is our experience from 2012. Last night my kids got to experience the Ringling Brothers Fully Charged Circus in Lexington, KY. I had been to a circus as a small child but really didn’t remember much about it. This was the…
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Grandfather Mountain, NC
A few years ago, my family visited Grandfather Mountain in Linville, North Carolina (about 70 miles from Asheville). This is an amazing vacation destination – but not for the faint of heart. By the time you get to the top of the mountain, you literally feel like you are on top of the world.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
Tomorrow night, my family will get to be under the Big Top for the Greatest Show on Earth! We are so excited! Up till now, my kids experience with the circus is this:
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Sunflowers and Sunshine
Sunflowers are such a cheery flower. They grow taller than most other plants, dwarfing the tallest child and even some adults. You just can’t see full blooming sunflowers swaying in the wind with the white puffy clouds hanging on a blue sky without feeling a sense of ‘rightness in the world’ – even if the…
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Peach Icecream – Hobby Fiasco
Years ago I was newly married, helping my husband with a group of teens and excited about impressing them all with a batch of homemade icecream. We had received an icecream freezer as a wedding gift and though I had never made any homemade icecream, I was excited to try! I found an easy recipe…
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All about Canoes
I have only been in a canoe a handful of times, but it’s one of those things that I want to do more. On one of our early dates with my husband, we went on a canoe trip with a church group. Before we had been in the water 3 minutes, we had not only…
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4 US Mining Destinations
A few years ago on a North Carolina vacation, we went to Emerald Village in Little Switzerland. There we purchased a bag of ‘unsearched rocks’ and got to search for treasures. We found some really pretty little stones and even a few keepers. But to be honest, it always feels a bit ‘touristy’ and not…
