Since being home, I took a little break from the blog. We were getting caught up on all the normal household chores as well as getting...

Our much awaited vacation started at 2:30am on Thursday, July 9th. We love to get up early and get on the road. It makes our travel...

What a wonderful weekend! This weekend was the start of a very small get together of my family. Thursday night my brother, sister, and...

This week was the start of preparations for both a weekend at Mom and Dad's for the 4th of July weekend and our upcoming trip to the...

What a fun-filled, productive weekend we had! We started off Friday at Grandma and Papa's to play in the pool. I worked a little in the...

Our big goal this week was getting 4-H projects submitted. Our county fair has turned to virtual, so this was a pretty big undertaking. ...

Friday we decided to head to Grandma and Papa's to beat the heat. The pool always is a good idea. We also worked in the garden for a...

This week started out well. We went for a hike at Knock Knolls and met some hiking friends on the trail. We also took some time to play...

I like to think our weekends start on Friday, but really they start at the end of the work day on Friday like everyone else. We...

Monday brought the completion of our AC. We have been waiting for air conditioning in this house for 6 years. Monday it was finally...

I have decided that I am going to stop keeping track of our daily numbers. We are in Phase 3 in IL for COVID-19 reopening plan. I will...

Today is a big day in the Ruland household. We are having central air installed. We have lived in our house for over 6 years without...

I have been pretty quiet the last few days. It has been a lot to process. Our home life has continued much of the usual, but our...

While this weekend was a quiet weekend at the Ruland household, it is has been anything but in our nation. I am going to start with...

Today Illinois started opening up a bit. Here are some things that are changing. All gatherings of 10 people or fewer are allowed....

Today has been a thought provoking day. We have lots of in depth conversations in our house. They range from engineering, logistics,...

We slept in after our late night/early morning arrival from the Badlands. #BadlandsNationalPark Then we got ready to head down to see...

Saturday, May 23, 2020 we woke up at 2:30am to head out on a short weekend trip to Badlands National Park. #BadlandsNationalPark It is...

Thursday, May 21, 2020 was a pretty blah day. For some reason, I was exhausted. We decided it was going to be our cleaning day to get...

So Tuesday was pretty boring. It was a cool, dreary day. We did our normal things around the house; school, daily jobs, and just...