Children and Chores: Setting the Table

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Welcome to my new segment, Children and Chores.  Each Wednesday, we will look at a different aspect of mixing chores and children... putting the chores on a child's level, talking about dealing with a child's "way of doing" certain chores, and what … [Read more...]

Total Randomness…

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Here is the last week in my life... in one nifty 'lil post. Friday, May 22, our "daughter" (as in, not-really-our-daughter-but-we-think-of-her-as-one-anyway) Ada graduated from high school.  I may not be her birth mother, but there wasn't any mom … [Read more...]

Memorial Day weekend

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I will be taking a break from blogging this weekend.  Shane's family is meeting us in Grapevine, Texas, to spend the weekend at The Great Wolf Lodge. I will return on Tuesday with another Frugal Tuesday tip. I hope you have a blessed Memorial … [Read more...]

A Double-Birthday Party

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My sweet girls, Abby Grace and Reese had a double birthday party on Saturday.  It was a lot of fun, and we did it as frugally as possible (feel free to giggle at me and my crazy ideas!). Reese turned 3 in March, and we had a family party then.  Abby … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday 29/Apr

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On Sunday, we went to Shane's great-grandmother's 98th birthday party.  Can you imagine living for ninety-eight years?  So, in honor of her birthday, I would like you all to meet, "Mom," my great-grandmother. Back row, from left to right: … [Read more...]