I hope you’re having a fun summer! I’ve been trying to put up a post every Monday at the least, but this week has been pretty busy. August usually seems to go that way for us.
Isaiah tried to get the Boba on by himself. He's crawling up a storm now.
So here it is, Wednesday, and I have no “pearls of wisdom” to share, nor do I have any exciting new tips on how to get your kids to do everything you say in five days.
Instead I’ll just share an update with what’s been going on around here. My favorite blogs are those that not only share valuable content but allow me to get to know the blogger better. Life, after all, is all about relationships and I love to feel connected with others.
Last week we started our home school curriculum. This week we haven’t done any of it. And here I was planning to whiz through Kindergarten. Ha!
On Sunday we packed up the kids and took a very short drive to the Tumalo State Park and stayed one night in a yurt. So much fun. I highly recommend yurt camping. Or as Ian likes to call it, fake camping. 
We’re now planning to take many more yurt-camping trips.
Why didn’t I take any pictures? Oh yeah, the camera needs to charge. Better do that before we go camping tomorrow.
Tomorrow we’re leaving for a four-day church family camp. I am so excited. We’ve heard great things from those who went last year and I hope we have a great time, too. We’ll be staying in a little A-frame cabin (no tent camping for me, thank you) and I won’t have to cook for four days. Hallelujah!
Poor Duke doesn’t get to go with us, but my sister will be staying at the house to keep him company. Maybe she’ll let him sleep inside…
And there you have it. Now it’s time for me to do laundry, pack and clean the house. I love coming home to a clean house.
Oh, I also wanted to share this short blog post, Americans Living Like Spartans, from Lukas Coaching with you. What do you think about it?
What have you been up to this summer?
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This post was written by
Nina Nelson – who has written 203 posts on Shalom Mama.
Nina Nelson is a freelance writer, mama to four and wife to one. She writes regularly about minimalism, living more sustainably and living more intentionally. She loves reading, snuggling and giggling at miniature horses.
