Advent Mania

I’ve been reading so many fun blogs about different advent traditions (I’ll link up to my favorites at the bottom of this post) and it’s gotten me thinking of the intricate advent extravaganza we have going on over here. It’s something that’s grown over the 11 years we’ve had kids…starting off small and getting [...]

Snow? What snow?

In anticipation of the snowstorm on it’s way here tomorrow, I’m going deep undercover and pretending it’s summer again. Pretty sad, considering it’s not ever officially winter yet…but I’m a cold weather wimp. So, I’m reminiscing about the trip to Minnesota I took with my kids, my mom, and my sister’s 4 kids. [...]