Category Archives: A Happy Heart
Leaving on a jet plane…
Without the kids. The rain is pounding on the windshield as the wipers vigorously try to make the way clear for me to see. Grace is in the seat behind the passengers side of our mini van. We are talking away about what’s happening at school and what her best friend will think of her [...]
My Un-balanced Life.
I get a little obsessed. A little crazy. In the words of Nacho Libre, “And over there is a crazy lady.” He’s talking about me. Emmett’s 16th birthday has been on the calendar for oh…say…16 YEARS. And when do I start planning it? I started thinking about it a month or so before his birthday. [...]
February: The beginning of The Year of Love.
Giving what you have to others… creates more love, in you, for them. Falling in love is awesome! We fall in love and get married, we fall in love with newborn babies, we fall in love with new friends, we fall in love with ideas, we fall in love with new places. All of this [...]
True Artist Interview with Brooke Snow
true artist interview. Brooke Snow is an amazing teacher and photographer. I’ve been blown away by her attention to creating fantastic courses and am always amazed at the vision that she has in areas ranging from photography to teaching to music to family. She’s incredible! I’m so honored that she interviewed me for her [...]
The Familyness Photo Workshop is here!
The Familyness Photo Workshop from davina fear on Vimeo. Are you wishing you could take better pictures of your family? Awesome! Then I would love for you to join me for The Familyness Photo Workshop! This is a workshop that will not only inspire your photos…it will inspire your familyness. You’ll learn how to [...]
Giving the Gift of Believing in Your Kids for Christmas
believing… One of my kids wants to grow up to be a writer. We’ve been to book signings so that she can meet authors and she’s gotten some really awesome advice from them. She had a rough bit where she wasn’t sure she wanted to be a writer but recently she’s been very excited [...]
Giving Kids the Gift of Your Time at Christmas
giving the best thing you have as a gift… Meaningful gifts are my favorite at Christmas time! Mike is great at giving me gifts. I talked about some of those last year here. I’m excited about giving our kids some really cool gifts this year. Giving our time to the people that we love most [...]
Giving Kids the Gift of An Experience for Christmas
Giving Kids the Gift of an Experience Our kids get receive one gift from us under the tree and one gift from us (Santa) next to their stocking. One of our favorite things to give them is the gift of an experience. One year Miriam opened her present to find riding boots and a [...]
Friday Favorites: December 7th
seeing the happy stuff… 1. We made apple candles for our Thanksgiving table. 2. My saintly Mom came and helped me scrub our house and organize corners that I’ve been wanting to de-clutter for months and months. Thank you, dear Mother! 3. The girls decided that a canvas wall art shipping box was good for [...]
Pie Making: The fun part
the helpers. One of the best parts about Thanksgiving is the amount of help you can get from younger kids. There are so many little jobs to be done that can be accomplished in about 5 minutes flat. This is good for kids that have more important things to do like: figure out how to [...]
