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AROUND HERE: JANUARY 2018

Around here we have been…

WATCHING {D} as he learns to play basketball. He was nervous going into the season, not having any prior experience; But he has grown in confidence and skill. The moment he scored his first ever two-pointer he was beaming with pride. We are proud of the hustle and persistence he shows out on the court.

We are thankful for his teammates, some of who are much more experienced in the game, for their encouragement.

 

COMPLETING puzzles. For some reason January tends to be puzzle month in our house. It is probably mostly because of the cold temperatures and the fact that we spend much more time indoors. Every weekend this month we have had a puzzle going, with the kids contributing their help now and then and the adults working diligently after the kids are in bed.

A couple of the kids also enjoy working on their own smaller puzzles. {I} and {K} will sit down and complete a 150 piece puzzle in one sitting.

 

SICK. A bug has been going around at school, and a couple of the kids were struck with it – as was Craig. Tis’ the time of year for sickness, and we only hope that it passes quickly. Being sick is no fun.

 

UPSET by the ending of the Vikings football season. They had a good chance to play at the Superbowl, which is going to be taking place this coming weekend in Minneapolis – their home turf. They lost the Championship game to the Eagles, after winning on a last second touchdown the week before. Kind of a heartbreaking end to the season.

We know that it is ‘just a game’ and although we feel disappointed, we are thankful for the entertainment this football team has given our family. We look forward to next season and hope they can make it all the way!

 

FREEZING, but still participating in winter activities. January was a very frosty month, but we still managed to spend time outside. Craig had a couple of very cold fire calls, and ended up with a frosty beard.

There is still not much snow, but the kids have been taking what they can and have built a small snow fort in the yard. They were also able to go skiing with school.

 

This is just a glimpse at what our family has been up to. If you’d like a closer look, be sure to check out our weekly ‘mini vlogs’ on our YouTube channel ARROW HILL FAMILY. Be well everyone!

 

AROUND HERE: OCTOBER 2017

Around here we have been…

WATCHING the change of the seasons. The weather the last few weeks has been absolutely gorgeous. Fall in the Midwest is one of the most beautiful scenes to behold. The leaves slowly turned bright colors, then fell to the ground. The temps are now dipping and we experienced our first bit of snowfall, although it melted quickly.

LEARNING new things. The older two boys and Craig have started taking Greek lessons, and are enjoying the challenge. Even though they need to wake up early on Wednesday mornings for their class, they are not deterred.

{K} and {L} are both working on their reading skills. It has been fun to see their grasp of vocabulary blossom. {L} has even taken to writing books of his own!

{M} is getting into the groove of preschool, and has been bringing home plenty of art projects that showcase the fun she has been having! She has made some new little friends, which has been wonderful.



PLAYING outside. As the weather cools down we are taking advantage of every spare moment we can before the deep freeze sets in. The girls really got a kick out of the fallen leaves, and labored over making them into piles that they could jump into.

There is also plenty of dune buggy riding going on. Craig even gets in on that action!

Even though the football season is now officially over, {D} continues to show his dedication to kicking and can be seen in our yard most days practice his form.



DRESSING up for Halloween! We went with a minion theme this year, which was pretty fitting. Many times Craig and I feel over-run by the chaos these little people exude, but we are so blessed by them!

DECORATING for the season. Angela has had a lot of fun this season getting the house festive. She has been pulling bits from nature to make decorative table centerpieces.

This is just a glimpse of what our family has been up to.  If you’d like a closer look, be sure to check out our weekly ‘mini vlogs’ on our YouTube channel ARROW HILL FAMILY.

Be well everyone!

INTRODUCING THE ‘AROUND HERE’ BLOG FEATURE

As my last post eluded to, I am currently doing a lot of research and soul searching – trying to figure out what direction this blog & website is headed.  When I started out, the plan was to make it mostly about our house design. But every house has a family, and mine is with me every.single.day (at least in the summer), and so I was finding it easiest to do quick posts about US or posts about things that WE were doing.

But now, when I look back on my first 75 days of blogging, I’m seeing that there hasn’t been a lot of talk about Arrow Hill Cottage at all!  That fact makes me a bit sad, and has me longing to sharpen my focus.

We are keenly aware that quite a few/ probably most of our followers up to this point are friends and family who know us well, and love to see images and videos of the things we are up to.  And so although I will be trying to focus more on home design aspects, I am also planning to keep up some family blogging to a lesser extent.

Each Monday, you will still be able to log into YouTube and get a little recap of the previous week.  Such as this video compilation, which includes tons of rainy day fun!

 

If you don’t subscribe to our family YouTube channel yet, we recommend you do so – because I won’t be making posts about each video we upload!  We have all our videos organized into playlists for convenience of finding the content that you want to watch.  As of right now, we have playlists for Family Home Videos, Arthrogryposis/AMC related videos and of course, our Weekly Photo Vlog.

On the blog, I plan to do one big recap near the end of each month or beginning of the next.  This feature will be titled ‘AROUND HERE’ and will chronicle all that our family has been up to in that corresponding month (school starting, holidays, birthdays, eventually even house building!)  If you click on the ‘AROUND HERE’ tab on the top of the website, you can access FAMILY ONLY posts through the ‘our adventures‘ menu and learn more about our HOME DESIGN & BUILDING through the ‘our home‘ menu.

Again, thanks so much for taking this journey with us!

PS:  Planning on making the last post about our weekly meal rotation tomorrow, and after that the FOCUS will begin!