Five tips for Toy Organization

Toy organization. Oh what a fun topic! Does anyone’s children’s toys ever stay completely organized? Mine certainly don’t, but we have found a few things that work for us to keep the chaos somewhat under control. I asked on my Facebook page a few days ago what topics my readers would like to see covered, […]

Today? It’s Bittersweet

Today is July 18, but you already know that. What you probably do not know is what it signifies for our family. Eleven years ago today, July 18, 2005, we handed over our 7 week old baby boy to a huge medical team for an exploratory surgery to determine if he had biliary atresia, a […]

It Takes Two…

(You may find this post content sensitive but I believe it’s a highly important topic and it is my desire to spread help to any couple experience infertility.) You might be surprised to learn that even though we have 4 kids (and want more!) that we struggled with infertility for two of our pregnancies. In our […]

10 things to ignore in order to have a healthy marriage

Hi friends and welcome back to Marriage Monday. I’m so happy to have Becky Mansfield from Your Modern Family here today guest posting for me about things to ignore in order to have a healthy marriage. I love learning new things about marriage from other people and I know you will too! Read the other […]

Marriage Monday: The terrible, no good, very bad week

I mentioned a few weeks ago we had just arrived home from vacation. What I didn’t tell you was that the week that followed was not a good one for my husband and me. Not at all. First of all, we got home about 6 p.m. on a Sunday night. The week and a half […]

Our {surprise} Vacation and a Weekend Giveaway!

Hi friends!  Just wanted to pop in and show you where we went a few weeks ago. My husband and I surprised our kids- and somewhat ourselves, actually- with a trip to Disney World. We planned the entire trip in 6 days! I’m going to do a full write-up on that soon- it was a whirlwind […]

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