One of my New Year Goals may have been to blog more regularly and expand the blog, but I’ve decided to ease into that one 🙂 Here’s what we’ve been up to since New Years. Play time at the mall where Ben told another kid to, “Keep your hands off my brother.” I was pretty proud. Mexican food. Of course. Trying to stay warm in the new scarf my sister got me for Christmas. I’m obsessed with it! Putting together all the Christmas presents the boys got. Jack’s been working on his b-ball skills. And his cheese face. I’ve also made a few new recipes. Some were delicious and others were just…
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A New Year: 2015 Goals
The beginning of a new year is like a thousand Mondays rolled into one. It’s the beginning of all things new. New goals, new habits, new chances. 2014 was pretty dang good to us, but also filled with life’s typical struggles and worries. 2015 is going to be a big year. I turn the big 3-0, we’re moving into our new home, and several of our friends are getting married which means lots of weddings to attend. Last year I posted my resolutions for 2014 and I kept them big and broad, but this year I’m going in a different direction. I tend to do better with checklists and specifics and that’s exactly…
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Christmas Recap: Part 1
To help with the picture overload, I’m going to break up all our Christmas celebrations into a couple of posts. A few days before Christmas we loaded the boys in the car, cranked up the Christmas music, and checked out our favorite festive houses. I can barely manage to get a wreath up on the door, how do people do this? On Christmas Eve Eve we decorated cookies without Jack (he’s still a little too young) and it was so special to spend that time with just Ben. Although the dough was Pillsbury, the frosting designs were all ours. We also decorated a gingerbread train. J is usually in charge of…
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From My Family to Yours…
We wish you a very merry & bright Christmas. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
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DIY Gingerbread Man Playdough
With the kids out of school and Christmas quickly approaching, I have one last DIY activity that’s perfect to make while waiting for Santa to visit. Not only is gingerbread man playdough easy to make, it smells heavenly as well! What You Need: -2 cups flour -1/2 cup salt -2 tbsp cream of tartar -1 tbsp cinnamon -1/2 tbsp ginger -2 tbsp vegetable oil – 1 to 1 1/4 cup water What To Do: 1. In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. 2. Add the oil and 1 cup of water to the bowl and mix together. If the dough is too dry, add a tbsp of water at…