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Familyness Minute Episode 4: Mornings without Chaos
well…maybe just less chaos! There have been early mornings when, for some reason, I didn’t set my alarm and we all jump out of bed and run around like there’s just been a drug bust raid at our house. We totally look like a movie, running into each other, trying to grab a quick breakfast, [...]
Family Night Fun: Make a video
hilarious fun. (if you can’t see the video above click view) For the last couple of weeks Emmett and a friend have been working on a video for a class at school. Everyone in the family has given their little tidbits of advice while they were constructing their rap. At the same time we were [...]
Date Night Idea: Envelope Surprise
you never know… what you might get with this fun way to chose what you’re going to for the evening. What you’ll need: 4 envelopes 5 slips of paper that each have a place to eat a salad 5 slips of paper that each have a place to eat an entree 5 slips of paper [...]
Familyness Minute Episode 3: Welcoming kids home
walking in the door… Coming home is such a relief. Opening the door automatically feels like you can let it all hang out. I want my kids to feel like they’re walking into a refuge of love when they cross the threshold of our home. (Even though I talk about my kids coming home from [...]
Axis and Allies and Familyness
a boys’ game. Okay, so maybe it’s not a boys’ game…but no girl in this house is very interested in it. Axis and Allies is a board game that Mike and Emmett used to set up on the desk in Emmett’s room for weeks at a time while they took turns playing each strategic move. [...]
Three Ways to Love your Spouse More.
*we are in great need of an awesome photo shoot together, with a photographer, instead of taking pictures of each other! The everyday stuff. After a certain number of years it can become easy to take for granted the person that you wake up next to every morning. You start to just expect that they [...]
Familyness Minute Episode 2: Grocery Store Freak Out
the things we dread. Every mom in the known universe has probably had the Grocery Store Freak Out at one point or another. I know I have. There are times when all we can do is just drag our children from the store, deposit them in the car, and drive home. No chance or time [...]
Family Fun Night: Boat Ride
unexpected fun. Months ago we were invited to go on a boat ride across the lake to go to dinner. Of course, my kids were ecstatic. They couldn’t think of a more excited transport to go eat. It was only about a two hour trip but it made our day and it was such a [...]
Chic Critique: Mom Cafe Mentor
mom mentor. I’m so excited to announce that I’m the new Mom Mentor on the Chic Critique forum! Here is an excerpt from Chic Critique: Did you know that there is a new section in the forum called “MomCafe”? We know that many of you are Mom Photographers, like myself. Chic Critique’s mission is to create a [...]
Familyness Minute Episode 1: Waking kids up in the morning
kids that like to sleep. There was a time when my kids were up at the crack of dawn…no matter what time they went to bed the night before. Now…I have a hard time getting them out of bed and getting going…until I finally found a solution. I’d tried a number of methods to get [...]
