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How a tablet made my kid cry. In a good way.

January 6, 2014 1 Comment

Remember the Nexus 7 tablet review I did a few weeks before Christmas?  Grant wanted his own tablet and I wanted to know if the Nexus 7 was good for kids….   Anyhow, the way that Christmas morning went down, I thought a follow up post was in order. Grant had been saying that he wanted […]

Filed Under: family, Grant

All you need is love.

July 12, 2013 7 Comments

I originally had a recipe scheduled for today, but I had such a great birthday this week, that I wanted to just say a quick thing about gratitude and love. My heart is so full that when I blew out my birthday candles, I totally forgot to make a wish.  In that moment everything was […]

Filed Under: family, Grant Tagged With: Conner, Devin, HH, Mitch

How I became friends with my husband’s ex-wife.

July 10, 2013 57 Comments

It’s my birthday today.  I thought I would tell you about a gift that I recently received… an unlikely friendship with my husband’s ex-wife. Sounds strange, right?  Let me explain. Just over 6 months ago my 15 year old step-son, Mitch, was in a horrific accident.  While he was riding his bike home from school, […]

Filed Under: Faith, family, Mitch, Tales To Tell Tagged With: Faith, Mitch

Look how far we’ve come!

March 18, 2013 8 Comments

So 47 days after he was run over by a truck, Mitch returned to school. He can get up and walk around but he gets tired pretty easily, so he needs to ride in the wheelchair from class to class.  Conner got a special pass to be excused 5 minutes early and arrive 5 minutes […]

Filed Under: Conner, family, Mitch Tagged With: Conner, Mitch

The Homework Battle, or “What must the teachers think of us?!”

March 5, 2013 3 Comments

Grant was out with the flu all last week.  (Remember the sad end to his Disneyland weekend?)  Well, we’re currently focused on doing all of his make-up work.  It makes me crazy that he would rather do his own thing than follow directions.  It would be so much easier if he would just bang it […]

Filed Under: family, frustrating, Grant, hilarious, No Mom wants to hear...

A fabulous birthday weekend at Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel. (Yep, we took a local vacation!)

February 27, 2013 12 Comments

We celebrated Grant’s 9th birthday at Disneyland over the weekend!  We had an awesome time (until he got smacked with the flu bug and we had to cut our trip short.)  Boo.  We will be taking him back for a “re-do” of Disney’s California Adventure, but today I wanted to share our trip to the […]

Filed Under: Disneyland, family, Grant, travel, vacations

How a backpack and a helmet saved our son’s life.

February 4, 2013 43 Comments

A  backpack and a helmet saved our son’s life.  Well… we’re pretty confident that God had a hand in it too. Last week our son Mitch was hit and then run over by an SUV on his way home from school.  The support and prayers from our friends, family and community has been overwhelming.  And […]

Filed Under: family, Mitch, No Mom wants to hear..., prayer request, serious stuff, Tales To Tell Tagged With: Faith

Teachers drink wine too…

January 9, 2013 6 Comments

You know I like wine… and wine cork crafts, right? Grant made me a wine cork craft for Christmas.  It’s this sweet little “bulletin board” of wine corks, glued onto a ruler. He also made me a “To-Do” list of what he thought would be a day of bliss for me: #1 Wrap presents; #2 […]

Filed Under: Conner, Exchange of the Day, family, Funny, Grant, hilarious, just funny

Thanksgiving Wrap Up: Dinner, Decor and the Thanksgiving Table

November 27, 2012 10 Comments

Thanksgiving, tablescape, centerpiece, fall, autumn, entertaining

Nothing makes me happier than having friends and family around during the holidays. The more, the merrier! (And I love, love, love how my Thanksgiving table turned out.!) Painted pumpkins, greenery from the yard and candles made it gorgeous.

Filed Under: Autumn, candles, Centerpiece, Crafts, decor, Entertaining, Fall, family, Holidays, party, Pumpkins, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving, traditions

“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)

November 7, 2012 2 Comments

Grant seems to really enjoy writing stories.  Part of it is that they really push something called Writer’s Workshop in his school, the other is that he is just a funny kid with a big imagination, which helps to bring out the story-teller in him. I was cleaning up in his room and found a […]

Filed Under: family, Grant, hilarious, just funny, The Boys In General

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