I don’t often feel blue about having a child with special needs. My oldest has cerebral palsy, but after initially being told he wouldn’t survive his birth, we have always felt blessed just to have him in our lives. So I don’t want this to sound like a complaint. It…
One of my favorite things to do for this site is find really great, REAL parties to share with you. I love a pretty staged set, but parties don’t actually look like that. My friend from college, Mary Katherine, throws the most-extraordinary parties for her three boys and when her…
I love parties. I love books. I love babies. And I love anything old or vintage. So when I saw a perfectly adorable Little Golden Book themed birthday party on this blog, I immediately loved the idea for my son’s first birthday party. I took the ideas from that blog…
Are you expecting? Is someone you know expecting? Today I’m going to show you five ADORABLE ways to announce your pregnancy. Try a Sports Theme. I’ve already introduced you to my creative friend Tisha. When she and her husband announced they were expecting they did it with an tiny black…
I’ve mentioned before that when we purchased our home in 2012, it was incredibly dated. Let me share with you some pictures from our foyer and dining room. Yikes. Within a month of moving in our house, I tore down the horrid wallpaper in our foyer and painted it….
Ranch Dip: 1 cup of fat free Greek yogurt 1 packet of dry ranch seasoning 1/4 tsp. of paprika Mix it all together and enjoy!
I don’t think that “going local” is just a trend. Part of what we’re seeing here is people once again beginning to appreciate what it means to be a community. It’s about keeping alive those industries that are run by people who live among us. It’s about familiarity, the comforts…
Every Friday evening, from 6-7 pm, Josh and Jamie Erickson open their “second home” to the public for a beer tasting and explanation of the brewing process for them at Chafunkta Brewery. I first tried Chafunkta brews at a keg tapping at the Barley Oak about two years ago. Back…
It probably happened sometime during high school or college. Maybe you just graduated high school, maybe you’re attending the all-important first college party. Someone hands you a can. You open the can. You taste the contents of the can. And it sucked. That’s the moment you decided you hated beer….
My wife and I suffer from a shared problem- we can’t stop making things. In the 17 years that we have known each other we have logged many late night hours while trying to “just finish one more thing.” Our poor vehicles have been subject to countless trips to home…