Marriage Monday will be back soon! We are on vacation and I’m sure that will give us lots of great things to talk about for Marriage Mondays, so until then, here is a little taste of our vacation. Tonight I am sitting in a hotel room in the beautiful city of Charleston South Carolina. We’ve […]
Continue ReadingHappy Easter from our family to yours!
Our weekend has been busy to say the least, we dyed some eggs, had a family over for dinner, woke up this morning and did a little egg hunt and then headed off to church. Soon we’ll be joining our friends for an Easter lunch. I attempted some pictures out front but the sun was […]
Continue ReadingAnxiety……and a rough day
Today is a different kind of post on the blog. Yesterday was a tough day here. I have mentioned before that our middle daughter who we will call E, struggles with anxiety just like me.E is a great kid, she has such a soft heart, is so compassionate and is the first kid to give […]
Continue ReadingGoing to the Dogs
Heidi is our miniature schnauzer and she is a funny little dog. She is the door greater at our home and loves to jump in laps of our guests to make them feel welcome. She also sings for us and I even have a little song that I sing to her (Heidi Heidi Hoe) and […]
Continue ReadingBirthday Party Apron Making Fun and a Giveaway
You may not know this but I do not like having birthday parties at our home. I much prefer to have the kids involved with something like swimming, bowling, skating or ceramics so there is not time for drama. My oldest daughter’s third grade birthday party scarred me for life and I swore off home […]
Continue ReadingOh Christmas Tree, how pokey are your branches
This past weekend we piled in the vehicle on a misty Saturday afternoon and headed 25 minutes up the road to a Christmas tree farm. When we moved this past summer our fake tree ended up in the garbage. The pre-lit lights didn’t work anymore, branches were saggy and losing their fake needles.The hubby and […]
Continue ReadingRandomness on a Monday
Good Morning friends, just a few quick things to share with you this morning. First off, I’m guest posting today over at Hyphen Interiors for Kristy who’s getting ready to move to another city for her hubby’s job and they already sold their house! So Congrats to them and if you haven’t been over to […]
Continue ReadingWe just had "The Talk" with our daughters
Good Morning friends! Today I thought I’d get a little personal, ok a lot personal with you all and share how we opened up the communication lines and had “the talk” with our two oldest girls. We will be having more than one “talk” with them but this is the first one and probably the […]
Continue ReadingHappy Friday!
Today is family picture day so I thought I’d share some of my pins that I’m hoping we can do today. Source: hitefieldphotography.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest Source: pinterest.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest Source: blog.shannonjdodgephotography.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest Source: shannamichellephotography.blogspot.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest Source: amelialyon.net via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest Source: batemanbuzz.blogspot.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea […]
Continue ReadingSchool Days, School Days
Today was the first day of school here at our house and I think the morning went well! School here starts at 9:15 so it was nice not having to be up and to school by 7:45 like at the old school. We also ride the bus here which is new for us, I was […]
Continue Reading