Army Family Team Building | #MilitaryMonday

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Army Family Team Building. Those of you in the army world out there…have you ever heard of it? AFTB is a series of great classes offered through local Army Community Services at Army installations, to help empower new (and not-so-new) Army families to succeed. There are three different levels, for personal growth, professional growth and [...]

Fireweed Jelly

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A couple weeks ago we went berry-picking. I picked blueberries and raspberries this day.  

Jerk Chicken Chili | A “Back To School” #SundaySupper

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This week, the Sunday Supper group is sharing dinners that are quick and simple to put together…as a Back to School feature! We know how crazy it can be with activities when school starts back up. I know in my own homeschooling home, regular things get disrupted, and everything goes haywire until the new routine [...]

Holy Smokes! The Wildfires

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The other day I went on a little drive to the top of Birch Hill on Fort Wainwright, where I would have a great view of the smoke from the wildfires just to the south of where we live.

My New Classroom Table

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Now that we have moved into a new house, a house with much more space – to include a space to use for homeschooling, I found myself in need of another table. Now, I really didn’t want to spend a great deal of money, because in a year from now we will be PCSing back [...]

Berry Picking on the Tundra

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In the last couple weeks, I have gone berry picking a couple of times with my new neighbors. The first time we went, we picked wild Raspberries and Blueberries. This time, while there were blueberries everywhere…I chose to focus on the wild cranberries. After all…Autumn is coming, and that means CRANBERRY SAUCE!!! Mmmmm.

The Sea Lions

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The first night that we were down in Valdez, after I saw that amazing mama bear and her 4 cubs…and while the menfolk were doing their first stint of salmon fishing, I kept seeing these strange shapes out in the water. I could tell they were some kind of animal because they were moving, but [...]

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