New Years Planning

We are having a JUMANJI “party” with the kids to celebrate New Years Eve. It won’t be anything too crazy, but some fun themed snacks & a bubbly beverage along side the original movie, “Jumanji”. I made a small sign to hang in the dining room and a few fun labels for the snack bowls.

Our Christmas

I took enough candid photographs to document most of our holiday. The one thing I did not get was a family snapshot or even a picture of the three children posed together on Christmas. I’m grateful we did actual portraits earlier in the month to send to close family and friends so we have that

My Baby.

My oldest turns fourteen today. How can fourteen years go by so quickly? It was my due date. It is also my mother’s birthday. Two of my sisters, my mom, and I had been out shopping all day. We were determined to get the baby here before my family had to leave later that week.

Teenagers

I don’t remember having so much attitude. At least not as a teenager. Dealing with a teenager, a “tween” and a three year old is not for the faint of heart. (I’m sure many of you know this yourselves.) I feel like almost every day there is a battle of some sort with at least

Annual Pictures

I used to be a photographer. I didn’t like to call myself a professional because even though I loved it for years and had a pretty steady income – especially during wedding season – I just never felt I was as good at it as I should have been. I did enjoy it though. Having

Gifts!

Every year I realize we have too much stuff and yet every year I love buying the kids a few too many gifts. I don’t feel guilty for it because we really don’t shop for the kids throughout the year unless it’s their birthday or Christmas, but I do realize that we need to counter

A Time to be…

In learning more about the celebration of Thanksgiving as an adult, I find that what I was taught as a child is much different than the actual history of the holiday. There is much tragedy surrounding the story of Thanksgiving. When I first learned of this I had a hard time “celebrating”. Now I’ve come

Rejection – Seems to be a Trend

In September I wrote about how as a stay-at-home mother I sometimes feel a bit claustrophobic being mom all the time. It wasn’t that I don’t enjoy it, but more about the need to be something (someone) other than “mom” all the time. Following that post I ended up applying for a couple full-time opportunities

Grateful

I know a lot of people are upset right now that the Governor of our state is trying to limit the size of family gatherings and closing restaurants and bars earlier to patrons. I understand why he is doing it and am personally grateful he is at least urging people to be more cautious. As

Christmas is coming!

I know it’s early. I know we need Thanksgiving first, but I am so excited to be preparing for the holidays. We have no special plans as Coronavirus is still rampant across the US, but this year it will be us trying to make the main moments as a family unit more special. We put