Be Wild and Free

  Oh my goodness, y'all! No matter how much I try to bottle up time, slow it down or even pause it for a little bit, it never works! A year ago I was in that space of in-between, waiting for the day our little one was going to grace us Earthside. We were Team Green and the anticipation of meeting this little babe was growing by the day! If you saw my blog post from January 19, 2023 ( HERE ) you can read a post I made on January 19, 2022 when I was 38.1 and hoping for a full two weeks left.  A whole year has gone by since that incredible, redeeming birth and I'm so excited to FINALLY share it with you all, here on my blog!  If you'd like to read my other birth stories:  Bentley  a first-time mom induction resulting in a c-section Bailey  a redeeming, empowered hospital VBAC  Barrett  a peaceful, unhindered HBAC For those who love a good birth video, here is Badrick's birth video made by Kristen Gruell Photography! You can find Kristen on Facebook ,...

If you're looking for a really great campground with TONS of things for the kids to do and a great family, friendly atmosphere... The Angola-Hogsback Lake KOA has been top-notch!  We're avid KOA fans! We've traveled to many KOAs around Michigan and last October while looking for a campground with Halloween festivities that had an open site, we ran across the Angola-Hogsback Lake KOA.  A big chunk of this campground are seasonal! So lots of really cool sites to look at. In October we chose to be down on the waterfront of the lake! We had a dock right behind our rig and it was a GORGEOUS view of the lake, sunrises and sunsets!  However, with having four kids (and the fifth on the way) it was a really long walk to the lake, any of the parks and even farther to the pool area. So we made note of this for any future stay. The campground is VERY long!  We had a great weekend Trick-or-Treating, the Haunted Barn, Halloween Games, and your normal camping activities.  This...