As you read this, my husband and I are cruising the southern caribbean! We typically cruise once a year and have, so far, used Carnival exclusively. We’ve been to the Bahamas (twice), Mexico, Belieze, and all up the eastern coast line into Canada. We hope to, someday, do a cruise through the Panama Canal as…
Everyday Life
Christmas 2018!
Christmas 2018 came and went quickly! We unwrapped presents, sang songs, ate tons of food, laughed a lot, enjoyed each others company (most of the time!) and basically soaked up as much Christmas cheer as we could. But come December 26th, I had the tree down (it was making such a mess), and by the…
Decorating Christmas Cookies
My youngest has been struggling with some issues at school so I thought it might be fun to surprise all the kids with a simple set up to decorate Christmas cookies. Earlier in the day I baked up a batch of my favorite sugar cookies. Seriously, you MUST try these! They are soft and tasty…
Setting up a Hot Cocoa Bar
This year I decided to set out a hot cocoa bar. After we (finally!) installed a microwave above the stove, we were able to get rid of the countertop model. This freed up some valuable space! I figure during the year I will keep the toaster there, but for the month of December I thought…
Grove Collaborative Products -8 favorites!
If you’ve been around my blog long enough then you’ve heard me talk about Grove Collaborative before. But if you are new let me give you a quick introduction…. Here’s their mission statement…. “Our mission is to inspire every family to create and sustain a healthy, beautiful home. Together, we can bring sustainability, safety, and…
Off to California! (again)
My father in law passed away a couple of weeks ago and so four of us (the two older girls had too many obligations here at home so they couldn’t come with us) flew out to California for the funeral.
