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How to Start Homeschooling: A Beginner’s Guide for Parents
Homeschool has been part of my family since I went to school way back in the late 1900’s. My parents were missionaries during my 4th grade year, so we traveled all over the continental US and I did school from the back of my dad’s 240 Volvo. Homeschooling was VERY different back then. Homeschool of…
Read MoreThe Best Books to Give as Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Books are some of the best gifts to give, no matter the occasion. Christmas, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day—or simply because you found a book that made you think of someone—a great book feels personal without being complicated. We have friends with a Christmas tradition I’ve always loved. Instead of buying a bunch of random…
Read MoreMy Favorite Gardening Tools That Make Gardening Easier
Over the years, I’ve accumulated plenty of gardening tools, some have become indispensable, while others sit untouched in the the bottom of my gardening tool box. The gardening tools in this list are the tools I reach for again and again because they’ve proven themselves season after season. Whether you’re planting your first flower bed…
Read MoreOur 6 Favorite Nature Guide Books for Camping, Hiking, and Exploring
Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, and our favorite nature guide books take learning to a new level. Sure you can use your phone to identify a bird or mushroom species. However, if you want to take your knowledge a little deeper like understanding what the female of the bird looks like or sounds…
Read MoreStronger Than – Losing A Texas State Park – Misti Little
Misti and I met through Instagram at the very start of the battle to save Fairfield Lake State Park. It was the end of February and I was at the rodeo cookoff when she messaged me to share her oped on the park closing. Over the last nine months she’s been my go to for…
Read MoreProposition 14 – The Centennial Parks Conservation Fund – Passes!
This year I wrote and created a travel journal for Texas State Parks — Texas State Parks Journal. In the process of writing this book I did buckets of research on the history of Texas State Parks. Initially it was going to be a whole chapter in the book, however I found it to be…
Read MoreWomen in the Woods | Houston Women’s Hiking
Something magical happens when women are gathered in nature. I often wonder if the ancient years of women congregating around a tribal fire or at the waters edge, washing clothes, have somehow changed us on a genetic level to seek out this kind of communion. Studies have shows that cultural and genetic evolution can work…
Read MoreStronger Than – Lung Disease – Becca Vidrine
Becca and I met through writing for Houston Moms, we were both on boarded as new writers at the same time. We started chatting at events and through Instagram and I am forever thankful for her vulnerability and allowing our family into her family’s lives. Her story is mind blowing and if you know her,…
Read MoreLearn About Immigration at Galveston’s Historic Seaport
Our Living Texas History series is all about highlighting places across Texas where parents and kids alike can learn about Texas history in a hands on way. All 4th and 7th graders in Texas are required to take Texas history. Now that we homeschool we wanted to take a little bit different approach. Learning our…
Read MoreSaving Fairfield Lake State Park
If you’ve followed us for any length of time you know we love our Texas State Parks. Recently we learned that Fairfield Lake State Park was scheduled to close. This broke our hearts as it’s one of our favorite parks, the first place I stepped foot on my paddle board and the first place we…
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