Saving money & nurturing family life
Last weekend was cold and the kids were feeling a bit bored. We ended up enjoying some tech-free time together. Wow, just saying “tech-free” is Zen to me. I loved having a tech-free childhood. We got bored – a lot! But we also got creative. We discovered new things about ourselves. Sometimes even embarked on…
Time passes the same – seconds turning into minutes and minutes into hours and hours into days, months and years…but this past year is hitting me differently. Maybe because this is my last time experiencing a child of mine turning 3 years old. I think we can all lift a coffee mug and agree that…
I have been struggling to write this year’s birthday letter and it has nothing to do with Grayson but the time we’re living in. For the past few years we have been living in a pandemic and civil unrest. It’s been depressing at times. We’ve had lockdowns and virus after virus that canceled many of…
In our family we always do one family gift for Christmas. This is a gift that we can enjoy as a family. Do you do the same? This year I’m thinking about a new family game and I have a few sitting in my Amazon cart. I know, I know – I said ONE but…
Hey mama, can you believe that 2021 is almost over? Gah, me neither! We are officially at the threshold of the holiday season that commences with all things pumpkins, turkeys and ends with the unwrapping of presents. In its most simplest form the holidays make me smile. But, the holidays weren’t always simple, they were…
I remember so many holiday traditions we had growing up. My mom taking us to church and watching christmas specials while eating warm cookies. At bedtime on Christmas Eve my mom read the story of Jesus’ birth and at midnight my parents would wake us up to open gifts. When I was really little my…