• It’s almost time for Christmas cards!

    We officially finished setting up our Christmas tree today and I'm SO in the mood to start thinking about images to use for our Christmas cards this year.  Thankfully, we are making our traditional yearly event – a kids' Nutcracker Tea Party – in just a couple of weeks.  There…

  • Do you know what tomorrow is?

    Ok, well besides there being another fa-ha-byoo-lous edition of {friday finds} tomorrow, it is 11/11/11.  And yes, my kids have been talking about it non-stop since the beginning of the month.  It's actually getting quite annoying how excited they are about it. {Yes, that's only 2 of my 3 boys…

  • One decade ago . . .

    We were eating cake!  Happy Anniversary to my husband!  We're pretty proud of a LOT of things, one of which being that a decade later, we are still featured on the Grand Wailea weddings photo gallery here.  Yes, that's us pictured on our wedding day with the gorgeous Maui sunset…

  • Memorial Day weekend recap

    This was by far the BEST Memorial Day weekend to date! Jacob is finally old enough to really get a kick out of our annual KC Jiggle Jam tradition, and we got to hang out with several of our great friends, which have become more like family! I {humbly} serve…

  • Mother’s Day 2011

    Today was g-g-g-g-GREAT!  Waking up to the sweetest homemade Mother's Day cards, enjoying some time outside in the (finally) HOT and sunny weather, enjoying a little nap on the couch, some cold iced tea along with a fabulous lunch out, and then dessert!  Oh, the dessert!   Ok, well I…

  • Mother’s Day serenade

    WARNING:  This is quite possibly the sweetest video you've EVER seen!   Here's to the most beautiful vocation of all – Motherhood! Enjoy it!

  • Mother’s Day Tea

    This afternoon the 1st graders hosted their annual Mother's Tea.  It was the cutest thing ever!  I was seriously in tears before the event began. Nathan came out into the hallway and found me wandering around with the other moms and chatting it up.  He jumped into my arms and…

  • Easter wrap-up

    (click to see enlarged photo)  It was such a fabulous Easter weekend!  I hope all of you enjoyed it as well.  Between egg hunts, coloring eggs, Easter mass, and hosting some family in town this weekend, it was busy but FUN! Now, back to our regular routine!  I can't believe the…