We usually spend a chunk of time at Dave’s parents’ house on Christmas Eve. We love getting a chance to spend with the cousins in the midst of all the hoopla and excitement. This year we did our traditional cousin white-elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve.The kids love that part and I must say all…
The best thing about having family traditions is that kids hold you to them. Whether there’s craziness swirling around you or not. So you make time. And that time is magical. The kids asked pretty much every single day if we were doing that darn gingerbread house so finally, we did.
Hey, I was just wondering if you and your husband go out on dates with just the two of you regularly, and if you do, how you do it– how you decide what to do, making time for it, etc. My first baby is about 10 1/2 months old and last night we tried going…
My fifteen-minute allotment doesn’t give me much time to go to my archive of questions (I usually answer the oldest ones first) so here are some random ones that are really recent: Question for you…Max is your only boy, if you had had another one, what would you have named him? 🙂 Jack. My plan…
I am a mother of 3 girls, ages 6 1/2, 2 1/2, and 8 months. They bring me joy daily as well as challenging my patience. I am sure most mothers would make the same statement. I am not trying to get too personal with you…after all, I have never actually met you, and you…
Yes, her birthday was almost a month ago but I figured I’d better it recorded before Lucy’s birthday takes over in a couple weeks. I wrote all the stuff I love about her and posted her 13-year-old pictures on the big day back here, but here’s what actually happened:Super healthy breakfast-of-her-choice followed by some gifts…Her…
post-edit note: I just realized I posted this without finishing my answer for one of the questions below. Whooops! I just added what I meant to say in gray just so you’ll know… I have begun to try to categorize the questions that come in that go together. This post includes a bunch asking about…
Although we all linger at Bear Lake as long as we can each year, the actual reunion itself is only three-and-a-half days. Each year one couple is in charge of putting it on.We move down the family by age. This year it was this dynamic duo who pulled it all off:(That’s also the brother who…
Last year we made “Easter Story Cookies” to help our kids further connect Easter with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was a rushed event because we ran out of time after all the other hoopla we tried to squeeze in, but we did it. There’s a story to go along with…