Love this idea!!
For the next time someone asks for money instead of a gift!
For anyone who wanted to see it (again, or for the first time), here is the slideshow that played at Dirk’s funeral. It’s long, but it’s good. Enjoy, because it took me like 20 hours to upload to youtube! :)
One year ago today, I lost someone. One year ago today, I was a full 9 months pregnant, sitting in my rocking recliner and knitting a hat when Adam burst into the room with the worst news I have ever received. One year ago today, our world turned upside down. I still remember all of [...]
Looks like I’ll be eating a lot of chicken dinners over the next four months in order to become a “winner winner”! Adam and I decided last weekend that we’re going to have a full-on competition to see who can get the hottest for our trip to Hawaii in February. While pigging out on churros and [...]
While browsing through the most recent issue of Parents magazine, I came across this little “gem” of advice: Now, I may not be in the majority with this thought, but shouldn’t parenting magazines be encouraging families to get outside and be active? According to the CDC website, obesity now affects 17% of all children and [...]
I took Ellie with me to Fred Meyer recently to do a little birthday shopping for my dad. I already had the main part of his gift, but I always always always give him lots of chocolate every year so I had to pick some up. I put Ellie in the mini cart and we set [...]
Have you been looking for a simple and safe way to get your kiddos involved in art projects? My sister Jess and I picked up a few canvases on sale at Micheals recently and decided to let the girls (Ellie & Emma, 11 months and 9 months) finger-paint… so we mixed Cool Whip and food coloring for a bright [...]
How amazing it is that my sister Jess and I had babies at the same time? Because you’re *sort of* a captive audience (butpleasedon’tleaveme), I must share with you these pictures of our gorgeous babies, Ellie Lynn and Emma Lynn. Enjoy. Or else. Photo credit to Karsen Marie Welch-King, of KMarie Photography. As you [...]
