October marks our 1 year homeschooling anniversary and we decided a little celebration was in order! With Halloween on the way, we threw ourselves a spooky little cookies and punch party. I took lots of pics to share for anyone throwing together a Halloween dinner party with friends, school parties, or just wanting to do [...]
Happy Halloween! For those who know me well, you know I basically live for Halloween. However, for a variety of reasons, my heart just hasn't been quite as into it as usual. I've been over-the-top busy in every aspect of my life and our costumes have definitely been on the back burner. Believe it or [...]
Being a real life Disney princess is basically every little girls dream, right? Or was that just me? Okay, if I'm being perfectly honest, that dream did not die or diminish in any way with age... I may be a 4 year old in a 34 year old woman's body, but dressing as Belle from [...]
First things first, let's make one thing clear: The month of February is just the worst. The holidays are over, that I'm-gonna-conquer-the-world new year buzz has definitely fizzled out, and yet somehow IT IS STILL WINTER! Okay, now that I've got that off my chest, I wanted to share a fun February tradition that has [...]
Our sweet Tess turned 4 a few months ago and requested a "Jaguar Muffin Party". I thought it would be fun to share some pictures and ideas from her special day, you know, in case anyone else gets that same request 😉 I REALLY tried to keep things simple and feel for the most part [...]
If you haven't noticed by now, we're kinda big on family traditions! One of my kids all time FAVORITE family traditions takes place each year on Thanksgiving night, directly after consuming an abundance of Thanksgiving deliciousness. We kick off our Christmas festivities post a slice or two (or five) of pie, with the first gift [...]
With Halloween just over a week away, I wanted to share one more family costume idea. A few years ago, our Wyatt read the Wizard of Oz and insisted we watch the classic film. I was beyond thrilled when the kids all voted to dress as the beloved characters. If you've read any of my [...]
Halloween is just over a month away! Yay!!! I wanted to share another of our past Halloween favorites and Jean's first time dressing up was certainly that. In keeping with the tradition of the four who came before... ...we of course needed our cub costume to make one last appearance. What better way to retire [...]
I like Halloween. Like a lot. A LOT a lot. I thought I would get a head start on sharing some Halloween costume ideas in a series of posts over the next few weeks. Our first Fall in Colorado, we I decided to dress each of our four children (this was pre-baby Jean) as one of [...]
One of our most favorite family traditions is choosing a new place to celebrate the Fourth of July each year. Some of our best family memories have been created during these typically unplanned, unscheduled, very casual getaways. We've learned some great lessons along the way and I thought it would be fun to share some [...]