Let’s talk about traditions and routines. Because I got this question that made me think about it: I know your family has a lot of traditions and routines. What traditions did you start when they were young? Or which do you wish you would have started? Oh the answer to this question could be very…
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: life sure does keep on changing! It keeps morphing into new scenarios and configurations endlessly. You can have things going for years and years and think “this is our thing!” And then, sure enough, life changes. Your baby starts walking. Your teenager heads off to college….
First of all, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE yesterday with our big announcement. We are so excited. So much more on that coming up. But for now, I am thankful, on the eve of Thanksgiving, for traditions that bind us. The ones we grew up with in the Eyre family as well as the…
Claire just told me today that this is her own favorite Christmas tradition too. We love that there is an outlined idea each day. Something easy and doable for everyone. Something that helps us to remember the real reason for this season. To carry light in our own unique ways. To bring us and others…
A while back a blog reader wrote asking about traditions that make Easter special in our family. She mentioned she noticed we have a lot of traditions going on during holidays, and asked about our Easter ones. This resonated with me because I’ve asked the same question. Over and over. What are we doing with…
To be real, usually I’m flying by the seat of my pants in preparation for General Conference (which comes in April and October), but this year I got my act together earlier than usual. I bought Dave some beautiful flowers to give me (ha! I love to help him with that, and help him…
Like most families, we have a bunch of Christmas traditions. I love each and every one of them. Because they make us slow down enough amidst the hustle and bustle to feel the Christmas air thicken around us. Probably my favorite is reading a Christmas story under the Christmas tree each night in the glow…
post edit note: THANK YOU so much for all the wonderful Easter ideas. I’ll be hard at work trying to figure out what to incorporate. And yes, the crib is now gone. I’m glad someone could use it and I wish I had a bunch more (because that would mean I had a bunch more…
We are working on a few things in our family. One of them is that we are trying to create some good habits. Sure, we’ve got some good ones down: We work before play on Saturdays and we try our best to read together at night. We have family movie night on Fridays and we…