When you’re a kid, nothing is more exciting than fresh snow! How much more fun would your kids have if they could make Fresh Snow Ice Cream to enjoy as a traditional treat?! I remember when I was a kid, fresh snow meant a day when school was cancelled and we could play instead, aRead more
I love the idea of advent calendars as a way to countdown to Christmas! Give the gift of reading as way to celebrate the holidays together and begin a new family tradition. Begin by gathering up all the Christmas books that your family already owns and purchase a couple new ones until you get toRead more
Thank you Basic Invite for sponsoring this post! Of course, all opinions are my own. Every year, for as long as I can remember, my mom, aunt, cousin, sister, and I get together to bake Christmas cookies. This year, we are switching things up and instead of baking them together, we are doing a HolidayRead more
Thank you Gymboree for sponsoring this holiday traditions post! This time of year is truly The Best Time To Be A Kid! It’s filled with magical moments and anticipated traditions. Now that we have little ones of our own, my husband and I continue to celebrate holiday traditions from each of our childhoods and haveRead more
One of the wonderful things about having a young family is you, as the parents, get to decide which traditions you’d like to create or carry on for your family. Jeremy and I have combined many of the childhood traditions our parents created for us as well as created new traditions for our family. OneRead more
The holidays will pass by before we know it as we run around attending parties and potlucks, shop for gifts, and decorate our homes in pine cones and reindeer. This Christmas, I say we all vow to slow down and indulge in the sweetness of family and those small moments we create each day. Last night,Read more
This family Christmas jammies post contains affiliate links. Last year, Jeremy surprised me and Evie with matching family Christmas jammies in our stockings. They were pretty goofy, but we had so much fun wearing our matching pajamas the month of December! I think Evelyn may have even worn hers the rest of the winter, soRead more
Last fall, I told myself to take more days off from work during my favorite way too short season of FALL! Yesterday, on a random Monday, that’s exactly what my family did. My husband and I took off of work, we pulled Evie out of daycare, and enjoyed the perfect fall day togetherRead more
Well, actually to “Gigi’s” house we go as Evelyn lovingly refers to my my mother-in-law. My mom (aka Grandma), Evie and I all headed up north Wisconsin to visit Gigi for a girls weekend in Door County. Three generations of women gathering together to enjoy a weekend of exploring, sightseeing and eating good food. My husband wasRead more
SO MANY CHRISTMAS COOKIES!!! I love the warm cozy feeling of a kitchen filled with scents of melting chocolate chips, rising dough and sweet sugar sprinkles. And that’s exactly what my kitchen felt like this weekend! I hosted our annual cookie baking party with three generations of ladies present. My mom, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin and goddaughter madeRead more