A collection of our holidays & traditions, celebrations, gift ideas and stories all in one place. I share fun, family crafts projects and ideas, our DIY projects, different holiday decor ideas & more! I love creating a loving and holy space for my family and this is a compilation of my ideas, a special peek inside our home during the holidays!
Last weekend we celebrated Chase’s birthday! My youngest son turned 7 and we had a celebration with family and friends. All of our birthday parties are small and nothing extravagant but I like to add a fun theme for them and decorate a little from that! The rule in our family has gone, starting on your seventh birthday, you get to invite school friends! (Don’t ask why seven…that was the first year Marlee had friends…
The Lent season is fast approaching and if your family celebrates Lent like ours, you are probably trying to think of ideas of things you could sacrifice. It is especially challenging to come up with good ideas for the kids to give up! I took some time and put together a great list of Lenten sacrifices for kids! Even if you don’t celebrate Lent, these ideas are a great conversation starter to have with your…
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…
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…
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…
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…
To say this past week was fun is an understatement! This past week was a total blast! Our small, historical town had much reason to celebrate this week. This year is our 225th anniversary! 225 years our little village has been on the map! We also had our 2016 Jubilee celebration that lasted all weekend. So fun! The festivities started last Sunday with an opening ceremony and the first showing of our town drama. This is…
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