Category: Family Life

  • Advent Challenge Day 20

    Advent Challenge Day 20

    The final days of Advent are here, which means Christmas is just next week already!! Since both of my kids are officially on holiday break, we decided to have a PJ day today and bake Christmas cookies! So far we have only made the dough and will roll them and bake them later today or…

  • Advent Challenge Day 19

    Advent Challenge Day 19

    Today was SUPPOSED to be the day to go through toys to donate to Goodwill. But we got so busy and that will be a longer project so instead the boys wanted to play in the snow while it was still here. Today it has been in the 40s so they are enjoying it while…

  • Advent Challenge Day 18

    Advent Challenge Day 18

    One week till Christmas! Can you believe it? Are you getting ready?Today was my oldest’s last day of pre-k for the year so he got to stay later and have a pizza party. I took my youngest out to lunch so he had a fun day too. We are looking forward to being able to sleep in…

  • Advent Challenge Day 17

    Advent Challenge Day 17

    When I was a kid I used to love art class. It was something I really enjoyed. But as I grew older I didn’t like it very much. I remember working as a rehab therapist in CA and dreading days when we had all of the clients come and make ornaments or had an art…

  • Advent Challenge Day 16

    Advent Challenge Day 16

    Yesterday started the third week of Advent already! can you believe it? I forgot to put that and this picture of our wreath in my last Advent post. It is known as Gaudete Sunday, which means “Rejoice” in Latin. The pink candle is lit for the third week. Today was the day for….SNOW ICE CREAM!!!!…