Happy Birthday to my Faith! You will recognize our family traditions. First, there are the flowers from Daddy! This year she was surprised with beautiful roses. We start this once our girls turn twelve. Choosing the dinner menu is also something the kids look forward to. A taco dinner is one of Faith’s favorite meals…. [continue reading]
Explore Galveston’s Historical Sites
Who doesn’t love the beach? Galveston is a great place to take in some sun and waves! Whether you’re on a week long family vacation, weekend getaway, or making your way to a cruise, take some time to explore Galveston’s historical sites. My visit to Galveston, Texas was sponsored as a part of a familiarization… [continue reading]
How could such a perfect day have had so much go wrong?
It was a homeschool field trip for our Classical Conversations Community high school group. It’s called Protocol, a time set aside to focus on etiquette and culture. This year a day trip to San Antonio was chosen. It sounded like a lot of fun, and I wanted to experience this with my daughter, so I… [continue reading]
Late for church
Yep. We were late for church. Sounds like a normal occurrence, no? But it wasn’t just a normal late; this was in Esther style for sure. For all my friends that refer to their, “Esther” moments. This one’s for you! 😉 First of all I Woke up late. Does anything good ever happen on the… [continue reading]
Facebook: Then and Now
I’ve lost that loving feeling. Whoa whoa whoa! How I loved Facebook back in the day. Yeah, back in the day was only a few years ago, but oh my how fast things change. Facebook: The Good ol’ Days How I miss when people shared little snippets from their daily lives. Okay I’m glad we… [continue reading]
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Course
Screen time taking over at your house? Try this easy driveway Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Course for endless outside play! Thanks so much to Hot Wheels for sponsoring this post and providing me with Hot Wheels Monster Trucks from Walmart. All opinions are my own. Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Wow! I wish you could have… [continue reading]
Back to School with Spirit Popcorn Bar Party
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Snyder’s-Lance Inc, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #Pop4Spirit http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Surprise! It’s back to school time already! My sweet girl Grace is entering seventh grade and a little nervous. For her it means so much more studying… [continue reading]
Indiana road trip mishaps
Our entire two week Indiana road trip was shockingly devoid of our usual crazy moments. There were no children sick. We didn’t lose any of them or worse…forget one somewhere. We got up every day and did so many neat things. But what went wrong all happened in Corydon, Indiana. It had absolutely nothing to… [continue reading]
I wore a new pair of shoes once.
Yeah, I wore a new pair of shoes once, because apparently I’d never done it before or so it seemed. It was on the same trip to Mayberry that where I got into my sports bra predicament. If you haven’t read that one, I promise I put everything as delicate as possible. 😉 It’s like… [continue reading]
Today is our 21st wedding anniversary!
We’ve been married 21 years and 18 of them happy. Ha! I’ve been wanting to say that ever since a man once told me that about himself and his wife. I thought it was great. In 21 years we’ve lived in 7 houses, had five children, enjoyed some wonderful times, and grew through hard times…. [continue reading]