I hate school parties. Yes, I said it. As I finished putting together the Dollar Store valentines for my kids, I was reminded how grateful I am for women who are different than me. Women who live for things like school parties (cough my friend Lyndse! cough) and who have worked for weeks to makeContinue reading “School Parties”
Category Archives: Holidays
New Year’s Eve Traditions
When I was a kid, my Gran had awesome New Year’s Eve parties for all her friends and neighbors. She would always make punch in her crystal punch bowl. Our neighbor, Faye, would bring bbq lil smokies. Everyone would dress up and come over to eat, drink, and visit. Tonight isn’t fancy. Only the fourContinue reading “New Year’s Eve Traditions”
Advent Activities with Little Ones
This year, I chose “intentional” for my word. If I am honest, I did not do well with that until the last month of the year. For a variety of reasons, I felt very convicted to focus on intentional time with that kiddos this Advent season. It’s so easy to be busy and tired andContinue reading “Advent Activities with Little Ones”
Christmas Tradition: Tiger Butter
Every Christmas, my brother and I would whip up some Tiger Butter candy with my Gran. It is one of my favorite Christmas traditions and I was excited to share it with my own kiddos. The best part about this recipe is that is is SUPER simple and it’s a great one to get theContinue reading “Christmas Tradition: Tiger Butter”
Family Gift Guide
I thought it would be fun to jump on the gift guide train and share some of our favorite items. {This post does contain some affiliate links–so if you are ordering, click on those babies for me!} First off….if you’re doing any online shopping, you need to sign up for Rakuten (formerly called Ebates). I’mContinue reading “Family Gift Guide”
35 Acts of Kindness
To celebrate my 35th birthday, I decided to do 35 acts of kindness. This was for sure the best way to celebrate a birthday and I think it has really helped permanently change my life in some ways. Today, I thought I’d share my list of acts and two lessons I learned with this littleContinue reading “35 Acts of Kindness”
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
We did a bit of Christmas decorating and baking over the last few weeks. First up, Ty and Braun thought it would be fun to make a tumbleweed tree in the front yard. I like to call it our West Texas Christmas Tree. It actually does look pretty with all the lights on it! TheContinue reading “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…”
Gran’s Nativity
There are a handful of items I inherited from my Gran that are really important to me. One of those is her Nativity set. I remember being little and each year, we would go get the wooden barn out of her well house, then go to our barn to get some straw. Then we wouldContinue reading “Gran’s Nativity”
Recipe Card: Red, White and Blue Cookies
Several of you had questions about the cookies the kids and I made for the Fourth of July. As I said, I’m not crafty by any means, but these were super easy and turned out really well! I sort of borrowed and stole from several recipes on Pinterest to put this together. Sugar Cookies 1/2Continue reading “Recipe Card: Red, White and Blue Cookies”
My Favorite Christmas Song: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
It was written during the Civil War. It’s hard to think of a worse time, one in which peace must have seemed so far away, so unlikely. A country divided against itself. Brothers fighting brothers. Bloody battles on American soil. The author lost his wife and son. And though the road he traveled was dark,Continue reading “My Favorite Christmas Song: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
