I love a good holiday celebration, but I can quickly be discouraged by the way it promotes more clutter in our home, unmet expectations, and unnecessary spending. Maybe you can relate? This year we celebrated Valentine's Day early for two reasons: I bought gifts and cannot keep them ...
Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Dye-Free, Peppermint Snow Ice Cream
This post contains affiliate links. 10 Cups Fresh White Snow (avoid brown or yellow)1/4 C. Sugar1 Can Coconut Milk Whisk it all together. Work quick, snow melts quickly at room temperature. Tip: Put your coconut milk in the fridge for about an hour ahead of time, to get it good and ...
Family Sleepover Night
Family Sleepover Night! This has been our tradition for many years and we all look forward to it. One night over Christmas break we play games, drag mattresses into the living room, stay up late, and watch something on TV. This year we have a new couch, meaning only mom and dad's mattress needed ...
Hey There, 2022. I See You.
Welcome, Sweet Friend.First of all, I'm so honored to connect with you in this space. While I occasionally do want to ditch social media from time to time, I'm also not ready to give up on the relationships we've made here. I enjoy this space and the joy it brings to my life.I'm invested in you. I ...
Happy Birthday, Granny
My mom, who my kids call Granny, got to have a house full of joy, noise, crafts, and excitement for her 63rd birthday weekend. The kids told me they stayed up "really late" each night, had gluten-free @oreo and Grandpa's amazing pancakes for breakfast, and got to play in the same backyard that I ...
Recipe: Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookie Donut
From toddlers to teens I'm grateful for every season I've had with my children. (also, if you are just here for the gluten free peanut butter cookie donut recipe, I give you permission to scroll down). I'm telling you this because the media tends to speak harshly about the teenage years, and I ...
Family Reading Time
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When Momma Ain’t Happy
A 2014 draft that hadn't been published: During my bi-annual dental cleaning my hygienist and I were talking and she said "ya know, if the wife ain't happy" and we both laughed a little. We are both wives and moms. We know how funny, and true the quote "When mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" ...
This Girl
I'm so grateful I get to be her momma. ❤I'm the first one she comes to with good news, the one she calls when something breaks down, goes wrong, or feels too much to handle.This girl was still not reading at age 9. That weighed heavy on my momma heart during that season. She was in public school, ...
3 Questions To Ask Your Children
I’ll keep this brief because what I really want you to do is spend time with your child (or children) asking THEM some questions. We can get so caught up in the daily to-dos that we are only doing what we HAVE TO do, and not what we WANT TO do. I have a desire to connect more with each of my ...
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