Tag: family

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things…

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Hooray! It's the last day of May and school gets out for the summer next week! Even though it hasn't felt much like it...

Bittersweet Emotions

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Julia has been crawling backwards since she was about six months. It was two months of her rocking on all fours and inching the...

Tips for Surviving Toddlerhood

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Miss Kinley is 1 year old and we have officially hit toddlerhood.  Heaven, help me! It seems like kids change so quickly from being...

Tips for an Enjoyable Vacation with Kids: How to Keep...

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*A special thank-you to our guest blogger, Kendra Thornton, for sharing these tips with us today!* Are you planning a big trip this summer?  Are...

Our First Home: Memories of Where Our Family Began

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My husband, Alex, and I got engaged in April of 2010. He had received his acceptance letter into the College of Law at Iowa...

Teaching Generosity.

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Our family recently decided to sponsor a child through Compassion International.  While my husband was at a concert, he picked up a packet for...

Pretty Yellow Flowers

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Awww… Spring! The smell of fresh cut grass fills the air. Tulips in every shade and color are in full bloom. The trees are...

Why I Love the Country Bears

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In the Fall of 2009, my husband and I sold our first home in Wilton, Iowa.  Because we had yet to buy a new...