Sweet Lemon Acres

Happy Friday! It's that time of year again...decluttering! One of my summer goals was to go through every single nook and cranny of the house to get rid of things we aren't using. I'm about 80% done and have taken one load to Goodwill and have five boxes of garage sale items. More than likely those five boxes will actually end up at Goodwill too, because keeping them around for too long just makes me want to get rid of them as fast as I can. Anyway, I wanted to talk about closets...clothes closets. Specifically, mine. Several times a year, I go through my clothes and get rid of anything that doesn't fit or I no longer like. Another thing I always do is keep the things that I still like and "will wear someday", but sure can't remember the last time I did wear them. So this time I decided to do something different. I took EVERYTHING OUT of my closet and put back ONLY what I have actually worn since February-ish. It was probably about a third of the clot...

Outdoor More, Worry Less. These are words I saw on a t-shirt during our trip to the Black Hills. After spending seven full days in the forest, I have to say I couldn't agree more. Last fall, my dad asked if we would like to go to the Black Hills with him this spring. This is one of my fondest vacations from my childhood and one that was on my bucket list to do with my children. As we had just purchased our camper a few months prior, we didn't even hesitate to say "yes" to the trip. Last week, we packed up the camper with plenty of food, clothes and linens for our trip and headed west. We did the entire trip in one day. Mapquest will tell you it is a 9 hour drive, but with 2 young kids and a truck getting 7 mpg as it pulls the trailer uphill, the drive is actually 12 hours long. I have to say though, I was super impressed with the kids!!!  I don't think Rylee ever complained at all, and Wyatt only a couple times. Luckily his restlessness always coincided with o...