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If you’re like me, you may be needing a few more ideas for Christmas gifts that you can get here fast! So here’s one more quick list: We are big into games in our family. There is nothing better than a good game to gather a family together in my…

The girls came up with a list of their favorite gift ideas at Thanksgiving, and I did a post on my own favorites, but what about the men in our lives? We had several requests for a list of gift ideas for men, so here are Elle and Abby with…

I cannot believe it’s December 1st. I have so much to say about Thanksgiving and all that surrounded it, but until I get those pictures organized let’s talk about gift-giving for a minute. We got a “gift ideas” post from my girls HERE, and some of my own favorite things…

Ok, my girls did such a great job with their list of gift ideas filled with their favorite things (HERE), I decided I better whip one together as well. I just love having ideas of things to buy so I can wrap up all that Christmas gift gathering early and…

Today is the day we are pulling out all of our Christmas decorations and blasting Christmas music. I can’t believe Christmas is around the corner! Over the years I get asked so many questions about what my “favorite things” are. Especially around the Christmas gifting season. I’ve also had so…

Can you see those little almost-rubbed-off letters on those fingers up there? There was a night a few weeks ago where this girl needed a pretty serious pick-me-up. Sometimes high school transitions aren’t a walk in the park. Especially when you want with all your heart to be independent but…

Ok, I’ve been meaning to write this post ever since I posted about how to create an awesome family reunion back HERE. (And I’ve also had a bunch of requests for the game portion.) Because GAMES are one of the things we love most about family reunions, right? What a…

Summer Ideas for Kids I, for one, am SO EXCITED that summer is here. (As long as I try not to think about the fact that it means my kids are one year older.). I just love that the summer is OURS. No one bossing around our schedule. But I…

My friend Melissa asked me to share my “favorite things” post again this year (last year I was too crazy with the wedding, but click HERE to find the one from two years ago…I think it’s funny that most of those are still my favorite things). Ok, so here we…

This spring I fell head-over-heels in love with family walks. It all started because we were heading out on a big trip shortly after school got out.   Man oh man do I ever have a whole slew of things to say about that (I am grateful every single day).…