Happy New Year! I am back! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve gotten behind the keyboard! The last few weeks were just as crazy as everyone else’s…all of the Christmas things happening! But it is 2017 now! Christmas is a magical haze and we are on to bigger better things, and better yet, back to routine! To start the year off fresh, I wanted fill you all in on our last few weeks and…
Advent is such a special time of year for everyone! It is a wonderful time for celebrating family, friends and our Savior Jesus Christ! Our family loves the holidays and reflecting on Jesus is just as important to us as making memories and traditions! That’s why I created our Scripture Advent Calendar! Keep reading to learn more about it! OUR SCRIPTURE ADVENT CALENDAR When I was thinking up ideas for creating our Advent calendar, I…
A few years ago Erik and I seriously downsized the holidays with a Christmas gift limit. We never really went overboard with gifts but the kids always got plenty of gifts! One night, as we were walking through what was then our toy room, we looked around in awe of all of the toys the kids had! We had two entire closet shelving units on one wall full of toys! That’s when we knew we…
We got some quick, new family pictures taken and I am so excited! I wish I had the chance to take these more often because our family changes so much! But unfortunately time is not on our side and our crazy life gets away from us! And let me tell you…as many of you other mama’s know…taking a decent photo of a moody toddler is not an easy task! I usually take the kids pictures…
I am always trying to find different ways to show the kids how important it is to be grateful. There are so many children in the world today who don’t think to be thankful for the things in their lives. I feel that as parents, it is our job to help them understand this concept. We always incorporate thank you’s into our prayers and every once in a while I will bring the topic up…
I am so blessed to have married my best friend! (Cliché I know!) Erik and I were married on October 29, 2005. The years have gone by so fast…especially after having kids! We started dating the summer before my junior year in high school meaning we have been together for nearly half my life! In honor of our wedding anniversary I thought it would be fun to share with you a bit about our marriage…
Yesterday we FINALLY made it to the pumpkin patch! I have to be honest, I was beginning to wonder if we were going to have time to go before they all closed for the season! We had yesterday free and the weather was absolutely perfect so we loaded up and headed out to explore! We invited my mom and step-dad to come along and I am so glad we did! I think it’s so great…
This past weekend we celebrated Milo’s eighth birthday and it was so much fun! Milo decided he wanted a football theme and that was so fun and easy! I had a blast planning and preparing and Milo had a blast playing all night with his friends! FOOTBALL THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY Birthday prep I took Friday afternoon off of work and started prepping! With four busy kids, it’s hard to find time to give the house…
It’s funny…Marlee came up to me last night and randomly started asking me what some of my favorite things where. What were some of my favorite things? I will be honest. It totally stumped me! As a wife and mother of four, I don’t really think about ‘me’ a whole lot. I struggled to answer her! After some thought I gave her some things I could think of but walked away thinking, how could that…
How is October here already?! This is by far my favorite month of the year but it is one of our busiest! We have a lot going on and a lot to look forward to! I thought I would share a quick overview of our month ahead! This first week of the month is all about preparing! Preparing for parties, preparing for the cooler weather and preparing for fall & Halloween! The girls and I…
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