the thankful tree and some serious gratitude
Each year at the beginning of November we whip up our traditional “Thankful Tree.” It hangs on the fridge all month and when we think of something we are grateful…
Jack-o-Lanterns 2013 and some Halloween thoughts
A couple days ago when I was starting to let the “hate” part of my love/hate relationship with Halloween take over, I was reminded by my-2012-Halloween-self back HERE not to…
2013 snapshot
I try to do a “written snapshot” of life as we know it in our family at the beginning of each year (the others are here and here and here). …
prep for “love day”
We were a tad bit late on our Valentines-prep “heart-attack” this year, but we hunkered down and did it for FHE on Monday. It is one of my very favorite…
heart attack
We did our traditional family “heart attack” for Family Home Evening this week. Each year near Valentine’s Day we like to cover our kitchen and family room with love by…
annual gingerbread house
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…
A few snippets from Family Home Evening
Just a few snippets of our Family Home Evening the other night. Oh how I love that our church reminds us the importance of spending time with our families. Put…