This year at our church's annual gingerbread house decorating event, we decided to two houses, a girls' house and a boys' house....more

We decorated our Christmas tree last weekend, and I can say for the first time in years my kids helped decorate the tree and I did not rearrange a single ornament after they went to bed!...more

There has been so much talk of Ferguson these past few days since the verdict came out and I was inundated with news coverage while at a certain relative's house over Thanksgiving who had the Fox News going non-stop....more

Thanksgiving is not even officially here yet, and I've already enjoyed all manner of festivities! The kindergarten Thanksgiving lunch I attended today with over 100 pilgrims and Indians: Now, I was not there at the very first Thanksgiving feast but I feel certain there were not Chick-Fil-A nuggets nor Capri Suns, however, I'm sure a nugget tray and a little fruit punch would have been a welcomed addition to their Thanksgiving bounty! And then tonight, from the comfort of the couch in my living room, there was a Thanksgiving play put on by my three youngest children who played the parts of a pilgrim, the turkey, and an Indian ....more

I've posted exactly 4 times in November (not counting today)....more