Another year come and gone.  Crazy, isn’t it?  We’ve had a pretty fun, busy, and exciting year and I wanted to share a glimpse of that with you.  Have fun taking a look back with me! January: I kicked off 2010 celebrating New Year’s Eve and Day by painting Abbi’s bedroom very pink (her choice) [...]

Have you lost track of the day yet? Is it Wednesday? Thursday? Whatever day it is, we are ready for Christmas break to be over! All of us. Abbi asks everyday, “Mom, can I pleeeessseee go back to school today? Are we still breaking?” She’s ready. I’m ready. Even Zoe is ready. When you only [...]

This is a tradition that I’ve noticed that a lot of families practice — Ornaments. We really didn’t have any traditions centered around ornaments growing up.  I know we had some ornaments on our tree that we made in preschool or elementary school, but nothing that really stands out to me. When we started our [...]

Let’s be honest, how many of you cringe at the thought of having to spend time with family over the holidays?  The stress.  The drama.  It can tend to put a little grinchy-ness into the Christmas spirit.  Thankfully, I absolutely love our family Christmas get togethers! First and foremost, they are usually pretty low-key events! [...]

I don’t know how else to say it other than – I want a group of real moms! I want to have a group of women who gets together over coffee or wine and talks about real issues.  The hard stuff.  The stuff that we’re not supposed to talk about.  The stuff that we deal [...]

Santa is kind of one of those hit or miss events. I’m pretty sure my mom has pictures of me screaming as they tried to get me to sit on Santa’s lap with my siblings. Thankfully we have not had to deal with the screaming child freaking out at the thought of sitting on Santa’s [...]

Wow! The week of Christmas! Are you thankful it’s finally here or, like me, are you kind of freaking out that it’s here already? Yeah, it’s no secret that I still have a ton of things to do before Christmas Day — shopping, wrapping, baking, packing. But, despite my every growing list of things to [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the $25 The UPS Store gift cards: Mary Ann Linder, Jessie Mayer, Elaine, Paula Caudil, Julie L, Carol W, Claudia, Kelly DelRosso, Janet F, and Veronica L. You should have each received an email from me this morning. Please respond to that email to claim your gift card within 48 [...]

With so much talk of holiday wish lists and gift guides floating around online, the topic of “the worst gift you ever received” is usually not far behind.  It can be fun to compare our worst gifts with those around us in hopes of getting a good chuckle out of it all.  I remember receiving [...]

The other day I heard Faith Hill’s “A Baby Changes Everything” on the radio.  It got me thinking about Mary.  A young girl who, engaged to be married, finds herself unwed and pregnant.  And that child she was carrying…the Messiah.  Oh, and if that weren’t enough, she finds out she needs to travel to Bethlehem [...]