The Gingerbread Disaster, I mean, House
Today the girls and I made our gingerbread house. I had planned to buy a mold and bake from scratch, but it completely slipped my mind, so I bought a kit. When I got home from the store this morning, Willow was so excited to see the gingerbread kit that she carried it all over […]
Going Green for Christmas
If there’s one thing that I don’t really like it’s waste. I recycle, compost, and try to make our family as waste free as possible. Christmas mornings are full of wonderful excitement and gift opening and togetherness, but also…waste. This year I had planned to make all of the gift wrap for our gifts that […]
Smile!
This past week I have had lots of requests for Christmas portrait appointments for my photography business. At the same time, we have done our own family pictures, and I thought I’d share them with you here.
{Toadstools} another fun, easy-to-make gift for the kids
This was one of the more fun little things that I’ve made recently and so super cute! As I posted a few days ago, I am trying to center a lot of the toys in our playroom around the tree house that Scott and his dad made for the girls a few years ago. So, one of […]
Ornament Advent Calendar
I have to take a short break from our home made Christmas gifts to talk about our Advent Calendar, lest December slip right past me and I never mention it. Which would be a shame because I just love it. I have seen some great Advent Calendars and I really wanted to make a special one—but […]
Christmas Traditions
Every year Christmas gets funner and funner (yep, “funner”). As the girls get a little older, they understand so much more. Last year on Christmas Eve, as we were driving to Scott’s grandparents’ house Chloe asked me, “Mama, is Santa real?” We decided to be honest, so I answered, “Do you want me to tell […]
Operation Christmas Child Packing Parties
Do you smell that? Mmm…it’s that time of year again. That’s right! The time of year when we all get together and pack shoe boxes. I’m sure you all remember my post about Operation Christmas Child from a couple weeks ago. For those who couldn’t attend our packing parties, I wanted to give you a peek at […]
Operation Christmas Child
Well, the time is closing in on one of my favorite times of year. It’s time to get our shoe boxes all packed and ready for Operation Christmas Child. If you haven’t participated yet, this is your year and if you haven’t heard of OCC, click HERE. We started this tradition a few years ago. We pack boxes for kids […]
