It's time for another monthly update! Here's a peek at our past four weeks (plus a peek ahead at the month of July)! June Recap: We celebrated Signe's graduation! Bjorn's sister Signe graduated from college (a whole year early!) at the start of June. Her graduation ceremony was in Las Vegas, and we had been planning on going, but with how things were going with planting season this year, we ended up needing to be at home. However, we were able to watch her walk live online! We hooked it up … [Read more...]
Visiting the Amish Community of Arthur, Illinois
Another stop we made on our road trip out to Kentucky was the town of Arthur, Illinois. We enjoy seeing the Amish when we can, so I had looked up any Amish communities along our route. Arthur, Illinois is the 8th largest Amish community in the world, with about 4,000 Amish living near the town of Arthur (which has a population of about 2,000 people itself). We spent an enjoyable afternoon in Arthur last Saturday! Visiting the Amish Community of Arthur, Illinois Since we weren't familiar … [Read more...]
Visiting a Monastery in Iowa
Hi from Fort Knox, Kentucky! Bjorn has some army training this week, so that's what brought us out here. Sophie and I were actually able to accompany Bjorn, which is such a blessing. Sometimes army training means many days apart, and other times, we get to stay together. This week is one of those fun times when we don't have to be apart! We drove to Kentucky from Minnesota over the weekend. It was Sophie's first road trip, and we didn't know 100% what to expect, but we did know we wanted … [Read more...]
Sophie’s 8 Month Update
Our sweet Sophie B is 8 months old! Here are the updates from this past month! Sophie's 8 Month Update Nicknames: Sophie B, Sophie Bean, BeeBee (probably the most often used one), Honey, Dolly, Bugaboo, BeeBee Brynn :) And the most recent nickname? Sophie-Saurus! Haha. She's been making dinosaur noises as she climbs all over us! Size: I took Sophie in for her next vaccine (we do one at a time) on May 30 (at 7.5 months old), and she weighed in at exactly 15 pounds!! She's definitely … [Read more...]
“Influencer” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Blogger”
Have you heard of the word influencer? If you're a blogger, then you definitely have. The term gets bounced around a lot in the blogging world! I first saw myself actively described as an influencer quite recently, in the midst of volleying emails back and forth with a company regarding an upcoming collaboration. The brand's contact person I was in touch with forwarded a request to someone else in the company, saying "please send __ to this influencer." It took me a sec when scanning that … [Read more...]
13 Easy Ways To Be a Lifelong Learner
My husband and I are kind of obsessed with learning. We get a lot of enjoyment out of it! We dream of having a gorgeous office library someday, featuring a couple leather armchairs and filled with dark wood bookshelves from the floor to the ceiling. And we do have a pretty ample start to our collection - Bjorn has well over 500 books already and I'm working on catching up. ;) If you stroll past our current smaller bookshelves in our guest bedroom, you'll see books on everything from the Amish to … [Read more...]
May Recap + What I’m Looking Forward to in June
These past 4 weeks have flown by! Here's a recap of the month of May, plus a peek ahead at June! May Recap: Planting season is in full swing! Basically, scheduling anything on the calendar in May or June is usually hard for a farming family, haha. Because you never know when the weather will be good and you'll have to be in the field!! By the time this blog post goes live, we'll have a good amount of our soybeans planted. I heard on the radio the other day that Minnesota's soybeans are about … [Read more...]
55 Must-Have Books For Your Child’s Library
Friends, I am so, SO excited about this post! I've been thinking about it for a long time now, but I just had to collect all the information and double-check things first before sharing it all with you! If you don't know already, Bjorn and I are HUGE fans of books and reading. I always thought I loved to read a lot, until I met my husband. Bjorn is probably the most busy person I know, but also the most productive lifelong learner I know. He's always intentional with his time and despite all … [Read more...]
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