Tag Archives: Christmas
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 [...]
Christmas Book
The paper is out on the table. It’s all different colors and I’m asking the kids where the crayons are. “Who had them last? Has anyone seen them recently?” The only thing that Miriam wants to know is, “Mom, what are we doing? This looks like it’s going to be fun. When are you going [...]
Christmas at Grammy’s
that’s me… in the little white shirt hogging the baby in the front room of my Grandma’s house… At least that’s the way my brothers and sisters remember it. The hogging. And that I was bossy. I don’t remember those parts. And I obviously wasn’t hogging my baby brother, Devin, it’s just that I was [...]
My Favorite Gifts
are the homemade ones Each year the kids and Mike ask me what I would like for Christmas. I never know. I have what I need and most of what I want. Trips to Africa don’t fit in a stocking. My favorite gifts are the ones that the person put a little bit of their [...]
A New Tradition…or two
something that is just you… Sandy and John were in the middle of moving. Life was feeling stressful and deadlines were looming down on them. They were supposed to leave town for their new home in Texas in just a few hours but still they wanted to have a chance to start a new tradition…and [...]
Gingerbread Houses
sweet stuff… Making and decorating gingerbread houses can be as detailed or simple as you want it to be. There are all kinds of recipes out there for making gingerbread from scratch with templates and ideas for decorating. There are also kits. You can buy everything you need in one little box. We took the [...]
Family Night Fun: Christmas Tree
find your Christmas tree. We have yet to get our Christmas tree. (this picture is last year’s search) We are completely behind. Is anyone else? Today…tonight…this is it. No more waiting. We will hunt through the Christmas tree farms and the big box stores and the Christmas tree lots in search of the perfect little [...]
A Little Twist on Christmas Countdown…
a little more love… It’s getting a little chaotic around here. Especially since being sick the first part of December. I feel like I’m way behind already. Sometimes it’s stressful. Right now, I’m sitting next to folded towels that are stacked as tall as me. My studio is a crazy mess with cameras, projects, backdrops, [...]
Christmas Chain
our annual tradition. Every year my kids look forward to the day we plan for and put up our Christmas chain. It’s just paper but on each link is something we do everyday to count down until December 25th. This year has been an unusual one. I managed to get sick on December 1st (or [...]
It’s time to put up the lights!
make it a family affair. This year my three little missies put up most of the lights on the outside of our house. I was sick last week (and so were Mike and Emmett) and the girls didn’t want to wait for the rest of us to get better. They took matters into their own [...]
