Wow! There were so many great ideas submitted for our June contest, “It’s Summer!” If you haven’t had the time to read through the comments on the June 1 post, do so today! You’ll be inspired by all the great ideas you can use to make the...
Thank you to all of you who have shared your summer strategy ideas! I love hearing what other moms are doing. I thought of another guideline we need to establish this summer: snack limitations.I’m finding the boys are snacking alot throughout the day and then...
My boys summer break officially begins today! It’s our first day home for the summer. To celebrate, they slept in our camper last night…right out in the driveway. It’s one of their favorite things to do in the summer.Many years ago I decided to give...
I promised to post a winner on Tuesday, but I never made it to my computer. Our 18 year old had a car accident on Tuesday and my day suddenly looked different than I thought it would. She’s very sore, but ok. The car was totaled. Everyone in our house has had a...
I did something I’ve rarely done in my life on Saturday. I curled up with a book ALL DAY! I don’t think I’ve actually ever done that before. My daughter, Anne, was visiting and she had the “John and Kate plus 8” book Mixed Blessings. I...
I am so inspired! You all have such wonderful ideas! Here’s an overview of some of the great ideas that have been shared thus far:*Write the things your kids say or do right on your calendar and then keep the calendars.*Write in the journals as if you are...
Wow, already we’ve had six great ideas submitted for creative ways to keep the memories for your kids! I just love it when we can share with one another like this. If you haven’t already read the six ideas submitted, you’ll find them here. Remember...
Ok, this has really been a fun contest! Some of you are wild women! Rather than selecting the winner randomly, I decided to select on “wild-ness.” And I couldn’t just select one…I selected 8!!!That’s right…there are 8 of you who get...
Today’s the last day for the Wild Side Contest! Share the most wild thing you’ve done in your marriage to be entered into the contest. It’s most likely very impractical, but was alot of fun and a great investment in your marriage. I’ll post the...
Hey all,If you receive my blog via email, you’ll have to go to the actual blog site and click on “comments” at the bottom of each post. This is where you’ll find the “online moms group” that takes place with each of my contests....
Several of you have commented that you’re realizing that you haven’t had much “wild side” to your marriage. I know this contest has been lighting that fire that we all need lit at one time or another to get us thinking creatively!One resource...
Keep those “wild thing” comments coming! They are an encouragement to us all. I thought of another wild thing Mark and I did this summer. We rented the honeymoon suite at a local hotel for our 25th wedding anniversary. Yes, it cost more than a regular...
Thursday night is the start of my husband’s weekend. Because his days off are Friday and Saturday, he always wants to do something fun on Thursday night like most people would normally do on Friday night. Over dinner we talked about what we might do like rent a...
Tradition #6: The birthday person doesn’t have to do any of their regular chores on their birthday!Share your family’s birthday traditions by posting a comment to this blog post. Make sure and put your email address in the comment so I can contact you if...
Tradition #4: We recently started the tradition of going around the table at our birthday breakfast and having each person say one thing they appreciate about the birthday person. This fosters encouragement among family members and affirms the birthday person!Join our...
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