I love my Mom. Oh wait, I already said that. But I really, really do. She is probably the most giving, thoughtful, selfless, humble, nurturing, beautiful-inside-and-out person I know. And she’s one of my best friends in all the world. My kids think she’s pretty spectacular as well. When I had toddlers clinging to my…
We got around to making our traditional November “thankful tree” last night for Family Home Evening. Yep, the one where I sit around and hog all the artistic duties because I’m a control-freak like that.Ok, not really, but I do get a little picky about how it’s done, and I hate when we don’t have…
Oh man, I love November. Ok, to be honest, part of it scares me. Because how did we get here? And how in Heaven’s name is Christmas right around the corner? BUT, I LOVE that November gratitude helps us practice thankfulness: such a perfect lead-up to Christmas. Thankfulness really is something to be practiced, I…
I am so THANKFUL to have all these “Thankful Heart” entries that have inspired me so much as we head into the holidays. I bookmarked quite a few of them for new ideas I want to do with our family and I so appreciate all that everyone shared. It all just makes me fall in…
I LOVE November. I love the reminder to have gratitude fill up our hearts. Lately, I feel like I’ve been barely scraping through life by the skin of my teeth. And when life gets nutty, I start getting mad about dumb things and hyperventilating and giving lectures and all that jazz which sure as heck…
I lay in my bed late at night on the evening of Thanksgiving, after all the hoopla was over, finishing the reading of my Eyre family 1,000-things-we’re-grateful-for-group-text. Dave was asleep next to me after such a crazy day and I was overcome with such an intense sense of gratitude. It washed over me so that…
Ok you guys, let’s get going on gift ideas! We have a few gift guides coming because BLACK FRIDAY DEALS are live on Amazon, and man alive, I’m feeling so inspired to get done with gift-buying early. I want to be able to really, truly slow down around Christmas and my goal is to have…
Once the Turkey Trot was rolled up and put away, this crew (plus some extras) split up and scuttled home to make all their food assignments for the big Thanksgiving dinner. …and our family hustled home to make some semblance of order to the chaos we had left at home. The kids wrote up new…
There is something so satisfying about Saturday chores I tell you. Especially when you finally get a weekend to really dig right in. That’s how we felt last weekend. You see, this happened: Can you see the back of that wall falling off below that bridge? Yes, it had some problems and a guy was…