Our Favorite Things

Welcome to our collection of favorite books, tools, and resources for cultivating a slower, simpler, and more intentional family life.

Here you'll find products we genuinely love and use—from children's books and outdoor adventure essentials to homestead favorites, faith-filled resources, and creative activities that encourage kids to put down their screens and embrace the world around them.

My hope is that these recommendations help you create more meaningful moments, nurture curiosity, and build a childhood filled with wonder, imagination, and connection.

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Outdoor Adventures

Paddleboards are our favorite Summer go to on the river - spend the extra and get these with the electric pump!

I love my lightweight Rtic Cooler - I can fit all the food, drinks and snack these kids need for an afternoon on the water.

Keeping my kids safe on the water is top of my list, I've found these lifejackets to be safe as well as comfortable, especially for my little one.

This single tent, is so easy to put up quickly, my teen loves it.

Every kid needs a good water bottle to get outside with.

We love this amazing Bug House!

We found these cool hopscotch rings which we end up using for lots of other games too.

This ladder toss game has been a nightly fave.

This scooter with the light up wheels is an all-time fave.

My little one loves to grab this tiny wheelbarrow and help in the garden.

These kids size tools are great in the garden too.

Favorite Children's Books

My little one loves to read, or be read to, Classics are the way for us, here's some of our latest faves:

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Frog & Toad 

Aesop's Fables

Favorite Teen Books

My teenagers favorite is are anything by Rick Riordan, Trials of Apollo is the latest. 

My Favorite Books

I just finished Home Front by Kristin Hannah - All her books make me cry, I absolutely adore her writing!