Michigan Michigan is beautiful this time of year. It is also home to many of our relatives, so last Thursday, we packed up the car and headed on our first road trip of the summer. Logistics The main reason for the trip was for a family reunion. We decided to drive with my parents, so we rented a minivan. It's always a better driving (and vacation) situation when the … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning after Easter
Spring Cleaning after Easter Spring cleaning time is here! Well, Spring is here at least. We've had some sunshine, and weather that has allowed us to leave the house without 3 layers. I think that's cause for celebration. Plus, I have a re-cap of our Easter festivities. If you read yesterday's post, you'll also remember that my Auction starts TODAY. So after you're done … [Read more...]
What’s new in the new year
New Traditions Did you have a nice Christmas? We had a bit of a new schedule this year. Since I've been married, we've spent Christmas Eve at my parent's, Christmas morning at home, and then Christmas afternoon/evening with my husband's mom's side of the family. This year, we still went to my parent's, but then we also went to my husband's dad's side of the family on … [Read more...]
Saturday Night Party
If it wasn't for the #30DayWriter Challenge, I may have skipped today, but I am not one to give up on a challenge. We had a pretty late night last night. Well, late in comparison to our usual Saturday night. I'm talking 10:00 pm, and we were still out. With all three kiddos. … [Read more...]
Catching up and ready for summertime
It's been entirely too long since I've written a post. Sorry! Even though sometimes the days are very long, these last few weeks have flown by. It seems as if we were just in winter jackets, and now we are putting on sunscreen...even though in WI we may still need those jackets again. Let me give you a brief rundown of what we've been up to. 1. The twins had … [Read more...]