I have a gripe. A major holiday gripe. I think that it’s absolutely ridiculous that I hear more people get honked at or see more people flipped off in the month of December than any other time of year. The flipping off & the honking is all being done by someone who has been shopping […]
Some of our Christmas Traditions
1. Feast Day of St. Nick, December 6 This is something that Todd & I have done with our kids every year. This year, we did some extras too, we printed off coloring sheets, we read a story about St. Nicholas , & then we laid our shoes outside our doors. It’s so much fun for […]
How do you drink hot chocolate?
The best way to drink hot chocolate! Find the biggest cup possible, get your favorite powder mix (I prefer the off brand, tastes better to me & it has to have mini marshmallows!), fill it up with water or 2% milk, heat up it up to however you like it (I like it hot!), & […]
2013, I’m Glad You’re Here
“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’…â€Â ― Alfred Tennyson 2012 brought some really amazing life changes, a new baby (she’s beautiful & wonderful!), celebrating Baby O’s Baptism & Lboy’s 3rd Birthday, and my little sister getting married. But, 2012 also had a lot of pain, our family […]
Best Present Ever
When my little sister, Maryann, & I were little (before all the other sibs came into the picture), my parents were both in graduate school. Living on a students’ budget with kids is no joke, trust me, Todd & I have done it with one kid, I have no idea how they did it with […]
Thanksgiving Memories
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the simplicity of it, it is so low key. For the last 19 years, we have always gone to the same state park. We eat, then we hit the trails or play games in the great room. We never gorge out on food or zone out in […]
Christmas Shopping, yes Christmas…
Last Christmas was the first Christmas that Lboy actually “understood” what was happening. He totally got it. And it was fun! I had a blast buying stuff for him & wrapping it & then watching him open it all. The only problem was, I bought him STUFF aka junk, not a lot of substantial things […]
The Best Gift
We always gather on Christmas Eve to celebrate. It’s never formal, we show up in our jeans and boots, because we’re going down to the farm, there’s a chance of getting muddy. Except now I’m an adult, I can’t tell you the last time I went down to the fields and got dirty, but it’s […]
