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Another Christmas Tradition
We decorate a gingerbread house every year, usually the week before Christmas. Sometimes we make individual ones out of graham crackers and sometimes just one big one. This year we just made one and even had a friend over to help. Decorating the hou...
Christmas Traditions
Today is Why Not Organize Something Wednesday, but I’m going to do something a little different this week. I want to talk about Christmas Traditions. This is one we started when our kids were younger and it still continues today. We hang a gl...
Snowy Day
This is what our house looked like yesterday. Do you see Amanda in the window of Emilee’s playroom? I’ll give you a closer look. Oh, there’s Emilee too. This was after church and they have their jammies on. It was so cold, they jus...
Thanksgiving With Our Graduate
Hubby and I spent Thanksgiving with Adam in Kentucky. Basic Training Graduation was yesterday. Because of the Holiday we got to spend an extra day with him. Tomorrow we fly home and Adam takes a 12 hour bus ride to Aberdeen, Maryland. We can’t ...
Basic Training Graduation
This is where Hubby and I flew yesterday and we’re going to be spending the next few days here: Spending time with Adam for his Basic Training Graduation before he heads off to Maryland for AIT. It was wonderful to see him and be able to spen...
Weekend Fun and Giveaway Winners
Should I announce the winners of the calendar giveaway? First, Jared Barnes is an amazing artist. His paintings are so beautiful and speak to my heart. I can’t describe how gorgeous this calendar is. I’m honored that he’s let me s...
Thanksgiving Traditions and a Giveaway
Did you notice I have a button now? Remember how I’m technically challenged? Well, hubby stepped in and made me a button and updated my page a little while he was at it. We’re both learning about these things, but he’s a lot smarter...
Thankful Jar
Every year we try to do a project in November that helps our family remember what we’re thankful for and all the blessings we have. Last year we made pillowcases and wrote or drew pictures of what we were thankful for with fabric paint markers...
Trunk-Or-Treat
We had our annual neighborhood Trunk-or-Treat Party with dinner and games. The kids and I decorated the back of the van earlier in the day with bats, mice, skeletons, tomb stones, spiders, webs, crows, eyeballs, a tree, roses and a chandelier. Here&...
The Witches at Gardner Village
Yesterday started out as a pretty stressful day. The computer/internet wasn’t working for about 3 hours, I didn’t get to go to the gym and my van wouldn’t start. So after Hubby came to the rescue by fixing the computer and the car, ...
A Weekend of Lasts
This weekend marked the last soccer game and the last dance competition of the season. Ammon had his last soccer game that Hubby and the other kids were able to go watch and cheer at. Here’s some pictures from the season. He’ll be on the ...
Fall Family Fun
We finally made it to the pumpkin patch. This has been a busy week, but things slowed down a little and everyone’s healthy now so we were able to go to Black Island Farms and enjoy time together as a family. Our first stop was the tractor ride ...
Hooked On Family Time
Oh, I’m so sad this is Julia’s last Hooked on Fridays party. I love seeing what everyone is hooked on every week, but don’t worry she’s still going to be hosting more parties. She already has two planned for us and I can’...
Mission Beach and Last Chance for the Giveaway
You can’t be in San Diego and not visit the beach, so before we headed home we went to Mission Beach, played in the water a little and visited some shops. When we first got there it was only 65, by the time we left it was 75. Still really win...
Legoland and Giveaway
We left California this afternoon and are heading back home for work and school. Do you have a hard time when vacations end? It’s always a little sad. Yesterday we went to Legoland. None of us had ever been there before and it was a fun place, ...
SeaWorld San Diego and Giveaway
I’m still in Southern California enjoying spending time and fun activities with my family. The kids loved SeaWorld. There was so much to do that we didn’t have the opportunity to get to everything, but we had a great time. Here are some ...
San Diego Wild Animal Park & Giveaway
Thursday was the perfect day to go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. At times we felt like we were the only ones in the park. We had never been to the park before and boy was I impressed. It feels different being able to walk through areas where bir...
Giveaway and Packing for Vacation
It’s Why Not Organize Something Wednesday. I have received a lot of organizing and decorating questions the last couple days because of the giveaway. I will get to all of them over the next week or two, but right now I am packing for a family ...
Busy Weekend
Wow, this was a busy weekend. We got in a lot of fun. First was Ammon’s Pirate birthday party. The cupcakes: The party plates and favors: The treasure chest: Decorating mini treasure chests: Such creative Kids: The treasure hunt: Found t...
State Fair Fun
Who can pass up going to the State Fair? It just wouldn’t be the end of summer without going and seeing the produce and farm animals from all across the state and a few other things maybe you wouldn’t expect to see. Like sharks in a tank...
Surprise Vacation
Hubby surprised us with a fun getaway for the family over UEA break. We are going to be going here: Here: And here: How great is he! The kids couldn’t be more excited. The youngest has been talking non-stop about Legoland since he found out ...
Number 4 is Off to Basic Training
See this guy? He’s off to Basic Training. When did he get that much taller than me? We dropped him off at the Hotel by the airport last night. See how he’s all smiles, that’s a nervous smile. See how I’m all smiles, thatR...
Patriot Day Remembrance
How did you remember September 11, 2001? Maybe you took a few minutes during the day to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks, quietly in your own home, with neighbors in your community, or joined together with all branches o...
2nd Annual Luau
We had our 2nd Annual Luau planned for Saturday and with the worst timing ever I got sick. Luckily I had some great help from my family and things got done before the party and it went pretty well. There were a few things we left out, but we’ll...
Winding Down the Summer Fun List
Well, we’re winding down our Summer Fun List. We’ve had a great summer and the kids are back in school now, but the weather is warm so we’re still working on our list.Here are a few more things we did on our list. Picnic and playing...
More Pictures of Jackson Hole
We stopped in Idaho Falls to eat dinner on the way up to Jackson Hole. As we were trying to find the freeway entrance we came across this: Amanda had been watching a movie and happened to look up just as we passed him. His name is now “What th...
More Fun in Jackson Hole
After the dance competition we wanted to go on the Alpine Slide at Snow King Resort, but it was way too cold. I’m starting to wonder if it’s ever warm in Jackson. We drove up there anyway just to see if we could survive going up the lift ...
First Day of Elementary School
The elementary age kids started school August 10th. Both were a little nervous and excited to be in a new classroom, meet their new teachers and make new friends. 4th Grade: 6th Grade: Ammon didn’t really start kindergarten that day. We h...
Jackson Hole Scottish Festival
This past weekend we were in Wyoming for the Jackson Hole Scottish Festival. A cold front had come through so it was pretty chilly up there for August. It was chilly last year too, so this year we were prepared with jackets and extra blankets. Emilee...
Goodbye to a Loved One
My Uncle died early Saturday morning. He was my Dad’s twin. I always thought it was really cool my Dad was a twin. I remember looking at pictures of them when they were younger. They looked so much alike then (both with curly blonde hair and we...
