We started a tradition several years ago of taking the boys down to New Orleans to go on a Christmas tree scavenger hunt! Before Justin and I had kids we would go each year to have a fancy dinner and walk around Canal Street to see the lights, streetcars and all of the hotels. … Continue reading Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt
We are currently gearing up for our annual Christmas Cookie Decorating Party. Each year, even before we had kids, we have hosted a cookie party at our house. In the beginning I used to spend the day with a few of my friends kids baking all of the cookies and then decorating them. Now we… Continue reading King Annual Cookie Party
I love picking out our family Christmas Card each year. The holidays are such a fun time for our family and I try to match our Christmas card to our home theme each year. I start thinking about what card I want to use when we take our Christmas pictures. It helps if I have… Continue reading My Top 10 Christmas Card Picks with Shutterfly
Whether it is Christmas or birthdays my kids are at the age where they get a lot of toys as gifts. We love toys and my boys play with their toys frequently but we do get overloaded at times. As a family we have started doing outings rather than gifts for birthdays and… Continue reading Ten Non-Toy Gifts for Christmas
Halloween is such a fun holiday and it always bums me out just a little when it falls on a week day. Now that the boys are older I really look forward to being able to have a Halloween party and trick or treating at our house. But that is just hard to do on… Continue reading Pumpkin Decorating Party
Monday morning is Paxton’s Gotcha Day so I wanted to share some thoughts on why and how we celebrate. November is National Adoption Month and I will be doing a series of posts to talk about our experience with adoption. A Gotcha Day may or may not be a term that you have heard before. … Continue reading Why We Celebrate Gotcha Day
This post seemed appropriate to share before the weekend! Have a wonderful two days of fun y’all…. Before we had kids we both worked. A lot. We loved our jobs and our careers were huge part of our identity. One night at a dinner with friends they asked a question you’ve heard a million times.… Continue reading Yes!
The boys thrive in sports and we participate in our share of team sports throughout the year. Around Mandeville it seems like the majority of organized sports take a short summer hiatus and come back in the fall. I continually look for something new and exciting for the boys to participate in during the months… Continue reading Our Summer in Junior Tennis
Summer is over and I kind of can’t believe it. When I think back it seems like the boys got out of school forever ago but it went by so fast. 75 days of fun can’t last forever. Some of our highlights… VBS at Church of the King Having our cousins visit from Oregon and… Continue reading Recapping Summer
I have ideas of sharing more personal posts with all of you about my journey as a mother and parenting but there is a degree of vulnerability that I am not always comfortable with. It’s one thing for people to be vocal about disliking what you wear or do but when people question your parenting… Continue reading Wishing my Kids Away
