Category Archives: A Happy Heart
Valentine’s Day: Last minute ideas
today… Valentine’s Day is here! I don’t know about you but I always feel like it gets here too soon. I look forward to it and it happens on the same day every year. And still…I wait until it’s actually here (or on Valentine’s Eve) to do much about it. We have our usual Valentine’s [...]
A little tenderness
affection. Every family has different ways of showing affection, it’s a way to show our tenderness for one another. It’s also one of the things that bond us to each other and help families to feel close to one another. Research has shown that strong and healthy families are comfortable showing and giving affection to [...]
Summertime.
Remembering summer. Today I came across pictures that I have yet to process from a lovely little trip the girls and I took to the beach last summer. It was filled with ocean, sand, laughing, our beach umbrella blowing away, digging, eating, and more laughing. It was a quick and delight filled couple of days. [...]
Kid Dates: A Little Twist
my older brother. Who am I kidding? I never had an older brother. I dreamed of one. I tried to talk my parents into adopting one just for me. I thought it would be the perfect way to become the Brady Bunch (but that’s another story altogether). It would have made everything so much cooler [...]
Everyday fun: Lunch Notes
a little something. When I was growing up my mom would get up long before the rest of us and make us a warm breakfast before school (and in high school, before early morning seminary). I remember her with oatmeal cooking on the stove, pancakes going, and homemade maple syrup bubbling on the burner. Spread [...]
Kid Dates: Read. Just the two of you.
Alone time. [little note: today there will be giveaways! make sure to come back here for the Love 15 party!] Kid dates don’t have to be extravagant or costly. When I went on a date with Emmett that’s probably the most money we’ve ever spent on a kid date…and it was under $15. The time [...]
What is Love 15?
A little love everyday. Looking for the contest? Click here! Love 15 is a little prompt each day. One small idea that takes less then 15 minutes. (want to try a day for free? click on the yellow box ——> or near the end of this post) It’s an idea that only takes 15 minutes [...]
Some days…
feel like I’m walking through tar… and the tar is up to my chin. I’m wading and I’m wading. I think…am I in a dream? What the heck am I doing in tar? Where am I? How do I get out? I need someone to pull me out but it’s just me. I’m the only [...]
Kid Dates
super fun. Since Emmett was little we’ve tried to have kid dates with each one of our 4 children. It gets complicated sometimes and I wish I could say we were ultra consistent. We aren’t. But we’re getting better. A kid date is an hour to 90 minutes of uninterrupted fun time with only one [...]
