Holiday Prep Day 8- SHOP!
I LOVE shopping for Thanksgiving food. Shoes? Hate shoe shopping. Clothes? Nope. But shopping for the goodies to grace our table on Thanksgiving day? I love it! We just got in from our big Turkeyday...
View ArticleHoliday Prep Day 7- Commence the Detail Clean
In my book, there is ‘clean’ and then there is ‘detail clean.’ Detail clean is something that happens twice a year at our house- Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is that magical time of year when I...
View ArticleHoliday Prep Day 4- Let’s Give Thanks This Year
I’ve gradually been getting sick for a couple of days and am staying in bed today trying to get better before the big turkey day, but today I just had to post a special entry. Thanksgiving is not about...
View ArticleA Fair Trade Christmas
Today marks the first day of Advent. In Christian churches, this is a time celebrated between the last Sunday of November and Christmas Eve. The focus of this time is the anticipation of the second...
View Article20 Ways to Give Back This Christmas
Every year at Christmas, our family looks for ways to practice generosity and selfless service. This year though, there have been so many causes on my heart that our budget simply can’t reach out to...
View ArticleEaster Book Recommends for Children
I’m actually really bummed right now. The number one book I was going to insist you have in your Easter book collection for kiddos appears to be completely out of print! This is The Story of Easter for...
View ArticleAdorable and Inexpensive Easter Centerpiece
This week I decided to try something I saw on Pinterest. I had a huge bag of pink jelly beans left over from my friend Sarah’s baby shower {which, by the way, I should congratulate her and her husband...
View ArticleHoliday Mail for Heroes 2012
Last year my family and I participated in the Red Cross’s Holiday Mail for Heroes program and we really loved knowing we were doing something special for our troops. These cards DO make it to the...
View ArticleJasper, Our Elf on the Shelf
This year with everything going on with baby girl {and me being hit with a horrible stomach bug and then a cold}, Jasper hasn’t been very active. However, last year he was a real stinker, so I thought...
View ArticleSimplify Your Life: The Anti-Pinterest Christmas
This post is a confession about my Christmas-based mommy guilt and the actions I’m taking to fix it. I came to the realization that less is more after reading this incredible article from VitaFamiliae....
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