Today I am pleased to be doing my very first guest post! Â I’m over at Myself…better, which is written by my college friend Dorothy. Dorothy writes about making herself a better person one adventure at a time. Â Â She is currently focusing her blog on getting herself organized. Â Dorothy has been sharing several organizational tips…
I didn’t even know you could make your own Christmas wreath out of real tree clippings! So when my friend Emily invited me to a wreath making party I was thrilled to try it out! It was so easy! Of course it was extra easy since Emily had all the supplies gathered for us. Not…
Last year when Grace’s first Christmas was quickly approaching I felt this pressure to come up with Christmas traditions for our family. If you think about it, what we all remember the most from our holidays growing up are those special things we did as a family every single year. Family traditions are important! (At…
        The Cake: I ordered a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. The bakery gave us a free “finger cake” for little Grace to dig into. I love how the cakes turned out and so did Grace! She started out picking off the little dots around the edge of the…
Dear Grace Renee, Today we celebrated your FIRST birthday! We had a nice party and invited lots of family. Everyone was happy to come help us celebrate your first year of life! A lot has changed since I wrote your last letter on your 6 month birthday. Here are some of the highlights of the…
On Grace’s 11 month birthday we decided that we would celebrate by cashing in her free ice cream cone coupon that she earned by completing the summer reading program at the library. Although I’m not a fan of McDonald’s, that is where the coupon was for so that is where we went! As Nate and…