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When Is It Okay to Question God?
If you have kids, you will relate to this conversation. Me: I need you to get dressed in something nice, and get in the car so we aren’t...
I Need Help - Ezra 8:21-22
November 30, 2020 Reading Ezra today and I love this book. It has been a long while since I read it and, like always, I am seeing new...
Day #20: Tupelo, MS to Deatsville, AL
I couldn't hardly sleep last night because the kids had slept together, but they were all the way across the house from the room we slept...
Day #19: Springfield, MO to Tupelo, MS
I don't have any pictures. I know that I should but I got busy and so I just don't. We woke up in Springfield, Missouri, knowing that...
Day #13: Cody, WY to Billings, MT
We left Cody, WY this morning with an engine light on in my brand new Honda Pilot. I wasn't worried at first because all Hondas...
Day #10: Butte, MT to Rest
I took no pictures today :(. We stayed in Butte to get out of the car for a bit. We played in the pool, got a carwash, and found a...
Day #9: Lethbridge, AB to Butte, MT
This slideshow of pics is a new trial. Tell me if you like this or the grid of pics better. If you click just on the arrows, it will...
Day #8: Drayton Valley, AB to Lethbridge, AB
Today was just a hard day of driving and not much stopping. I'm glad we planned that because we ran into a great deal of road work, and...
Day #7: Ft St John, BC to Drayton Valley, AB
While we were sitting in traffic and waiting for some road construction, Will took a video out of our sunroof. The clouds and sun were...
Day #5: Muncho Lake, BC to Laird Hot Springs, BC
I forgot to mention that our cabin at the Northern Rockies Lodge has three queen sized beds AND that I had just recently promised the...
Day #4: Teslin, BC to Muncho Lake, BC
Many moms are accustomed to waking up after having only slept for a few hours, BUT when your kids are 8 &10 you expect that those days...
Day #3: Whitehorse, YT to Teslin, YT
We were served breakfast at the door of our The Country Cabins cabin at 9am. Bona dropped off a cooler filled with hot coffee, musli,...
Day #2: Discovery Yukon to Whitehorse, YT
We woke up to 40 degrees and cloudy skies. When I got up, Will was reading his Bible and his new book study (The Magic by Rhonda Byrne)....
In The Brine
I finally got back to my Hello Mornings Bible study time, before everyone else in the house wakes up and starts pulling me in "their"...
The Better Me
I used to be jealous of those people who would say, "God is leading me to do...", because I wondered why He would speak to them and not...
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