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My Simple Wild

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Colorado life

April 24, 2017 / Colorado life, Personal Stories

The “Perfect” Colorado Picnic

  **You are about to read some serious #honestlymothering right here so brace yourself..... So the other day I pictured this gorgeous breezy picnic with my family in the foothills and wanted to take a ton of photos and blog about it.... "The Perfect Colorado Picnic" is what I had imagined ...

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April 8, 2017 / Colorado life, Motherhood

10 Adorable Colorado Baby Shower Gifts

There are so many amazing mommy and baby brands and local shops here in Colorado! I wanted to share some of my favorite Colorado baby shower gift ideas that are super adorable, functional and unique...       Make My Notebook is a company in Edgewater that I had ...

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February 20, 2017 / Colorado life, Travel

Kid-friendly hiking in Golden,CO

This past weekend my family and I ventured up to Golden,CO for some light hiking to soak up that sunshine and get some fresh air. This was the first time we had ventured over this way as I am usually drawn to hiking more northwest than southwest. We went to North Table Mountain Park and it was ...

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January 24, 2017 / Colorado life

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

My family is pretty busy. And not in the typical rushing out the door to school and meetings and soccer games. I mean we are pretty busy in that we have a hard time just sitting still and like to go out a lot. I have decided to write my first review of sorts, with many to come, about all the  places ...

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I am missing this kid so bad! I left him with gran I am missing this kid so bad! I left him with grandma in Illinois until my hubby brings him home next week. 
I have been working hard on a couple of projects to surprise him when he does get home. I have a REALLY awesome project that I'm working on that definitely deserves a blog post. 
I realized today that I have completely neglected my blog that I've had for many years. Life has been so busy the last two years, but blogging does bring me joy, and I miss it a lot. Maybe this post will get me back into a regular posting schedule again ! 
I have SO many blog post ideas in my head at all times, it's just finding the time to write, edit, and take photos and all that...
 I am hoping I get this project mostly done by next week and a blog post up shortly after. I'm so excited to share!

On another note, I am just about 34 weeks! I have a few things to do around the house still before baby boy arrives, but I'm feeling good about it. 
Can't believe we will be a family of 5 next month ! 🥰 

📷: @alysha_kaylene
Happy Memorial Day ! Thank you to those who courag Happy Memorial Day !
Thank you to those who courageously gave their lives for our freedoms. 🇺🇸
Whew what a week ! Thank goodness for church and t Whew what a week ! Thank goodness for church and the good Word to renew and fill me with hope. Last week was a doozy and felt like it wouldn't ever end. Good & bad things happened, but more bad than I'd like. My grandma passed away and then we were in a stressful scramble for 2 days trying to figure out who could take care of our animals and dogs and garden & afford flights, a hotel and rental car to go to Chicago for the services(we ended up just having to book a flight for me & Liam and my husband and Theo will stay behind to hold down the homestead). We had a big playhouse we bought off FB marketplace delivered that Nate and Liam have been repairing and painting. It's turning out great ! I know many memories will be made in there, and I can't wait to share the before & afters. Though my poor husband has way too many projects going on at once again. 😬 
 My dog tried to eat baby bunnies. Twice 🤦‍♀️ Liam got some kind of poison ivy or poison oak rash all over and now today it has gotten pretty bad. His poor little cheek is all red and swollen and he's miserably itchy. Last night while driving home from a restaurant, I hit a coyote that jumped across the highway. Our brand new car's bumper is wrecked. 
The other day I went to the garden to find all the marigolds I planted next to my tomatoe plants died out of nowhere, and something is eating my pole beans. 🙃 
How I've been coping ? 
1. Finally cracking open a prayer journal I got for Christmas from my best friend and pouring my heart out. 
2. Spurts of intense deep cleaning that makes me utterly exhausted 
3. Trying to plan a couple fun things while Liam and I are in Chicago for a few days. Liam was SO excited it would just be us two going on this trip because we don't get much time just the two of us since Theo was born. I want to make the best of it and think it will be nice for the focus to be on Liam for a few days. 

Even though life has been busy and crazy and sad, I still just feel incredibly grateful and blessed for what the Lord has given me and my family. I'm ready to be home and hug my family and celebrate the beautiful life of my Grandma Alice.
Do you have plans to go camping with your kids thi Do you have plans to go camping with your kids this Summer ? I have a blog post from a few years ago that has a free printable kids packing list. This checklist gives kids an easy to follow list to be independent and responsible for their own pack for a weekend camping trip. 
I don't know if we'll get to camping before baby gets here in July, but we plan to camp this Autumn for just short weekend getaways. 
Now that Liam is 3 years older since creating that checklist, I may even add a couple more things. A tick remover to be added to his first aid kit would be helpful, and having his own bug spray. 
Head ro the blog (link in my bio) to see the list and let me know if you'd add anything to it ! 😊 
Tell me about your camping trips this Summer ! I'd love to know ⛺️
Yesterday Bowie brought home a limp baby bunny tha Yesterday Bowie brought home a limp baby bunny that I'm guessing was about 10 or so days old. His eyes were barely open. I had to scoop him up and push my dog out of the way who was super confused as to why I was so mad at him. I kept him warm and he snuggled into my arm and belly and fell asleep 😭 Liam searched and searched the thick brush at the edge of the forest, and deep into a thorn-covered bush, there was the little burrow with a few other little baby bunnies. He snuggled right back in next to them. 
Bowie got into their burrow again today ! 😩 Liam was devastated, but I think they're alright. 
Then we realized a finch made a beautiful nest with 3 little eggs in our shed, so we have to find a new home for the sweet nest as we're having our shed moved soon on our property to use as a chicken coop and to make way for building a garage. Any tips on how to safely move a bird's nest? 😬 
And before anyone comes at me for not wearing gloves to pick this little babe up, there was no time. And it's a myth that a mama rabbit will reject their young just because they smell weird. We've had baby bunnies before and I'm guessing mama just gave them a good bath.

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