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!), & […]
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 […]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! I hope that you are all having a great holiday and getting a lot of family time.I highly, highly, highly encourage you all to visit the following link to see the nativity story told via Facebook. It’s very very cool and especially for us bloggers who spend time “living” for our social media! […]
Christmas Ornaments
When I was growing up we had one of those “homey” family trees with all the homemade ornaments of kids’ hand prints or glitter star cutouts. It was an awesome tree. Every year I made sure that at the top of the tree was this little angel ornament named Katybeth (at least I think that […]
Old Holiday Pics
These were taken last year. I hope that we will all look this happy this year! It’s good to look back and see what we were all doing last year. Enjoy! A Happy Baby! Me and all my sibs plus Lboy The whole fam! A Happy, Little Family Mr. and Mrs. Claus were nice enough […]