Life in my large family. Hilarious. Horrifying. Sometimes even serious.
DIY Costumes from Pop Culture Okay, it’s true, I hate Halloween…but I love costumes and themed parties. We have thrown more than I can count over the years (and have more planned). I love brainstorming for these and coming up … Continued
It Themed Photo Shoot: They All Float Down Here (post contains affiliate links) I was about 14 when I read my first Stephen King novel. I don’t remember which I read first (Pet Semetary, maybe? Or Cujo?). This was before … Continued
This post about Napoleon Dynamite Party Ideas contains affiliate links. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook then you can probably guess what theme Hezekiah chose for his 13th birthday. Napoleon Dynamite was an especially apt choice since the … Continued
Post contains affiliate links.We love throwing parties here in our house. Birthday parties, parties to celebrate books or movies we love or parties just for fun. We really enjoy coming up with a theme and running with it. I have to … Continued
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #NotSoFastMom #CollectiveBias I loved the lively discussion going on over at Facebook and in the comments in m post about balancing sports with family time. … Continued
Post contains affiliate links. When you’re a twelve-year-old boy and your birth falls on May 4th…as in, May the Fourth Be With You…a Star Wars party is more or less a given. Hezekiah had a Star Wars party two years … Continued
Post contains affiliate links. Recently we attended a birthday party for five-year-old Izzy. I asked her mom, Sarah, what she is into and she answered, “Playing doctor”. I thought this was hilarious because Izzy has several sibling with special needs … Continued
When is the last time you got together with your friends and did something fun? As a mom, life is complicated. A mom with teens, school aged kids, and a few fun special needs thrown in? Sometimes meeting up with … Continued
You may or may not know that Apollo is rather obsessed with penguins right now. I don’t know what started it, but his interest is growing daily. The last couple of times we have gone to the library, we have … Continued
Saturday night was our church youth group’s Barn Party, held in, you guessed it, a giant barn. A giant chilly barn. I’m not sure why I was envisioning a barn being toasty warm on a cold October night, but I … Continued