INTRODUCTION I'm excited about this new blog series! Reading is another favorite thing of mine and I love it when I can share that love with my family and/or friends. Each month, I'll choose a book to read, then I'll plan out a fun night for my family/friends, and then share that night with all of you! I hope that you will be able to use the ideas to have a great night with your book clubs! Each month will include: a book review with questions themed dinner or treat ideas themed activity ideas some new products, inspired by the book So this blog series will be on the 4th Saturdays of each month - starting in January! I hope you will join me in this new adventure filled with books and fun! What do you think? Join me in January for the book: ... [Read More]
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Monday Magic | Kid, You’ll Move Mountains Initiative
Every Christmas season, I like to find a service project that my family can participate in. Usually, its something small and crafty-oriented. But this year, I have something else in mind. My nephew, William has been in the N.I.C.U. for over 2 months (we are hoping he gets to come home before Thanksgiving) and during my daily visits with him, I have been reading Dr. Seuss books to him. The book, "Oh, the Places You'll Go" has been especially poignant, as Will has had a bit of a hard time, but he's a fighter. As we edge closer, to healing and getting him home, I have thought about this book many times and what an inspiration it is and I have came up with an idea that I just love. I have decided to purchase the book and get all the doctors and nurses that have worked with William to sign ... [Read More]
Jolly Holiday Surprise Adventure | The Surprise – Part 1
THE SURPRISE - Part 1 December 6, 2014 ** I have been so excited about this trip that of course I had been packed for weeks. But the night before the trip, we attended my niece's birthday party and then came home and had the kids go to bed early! And then final preparations were made by Joey and I, including getting the bags in the car and the "treasures" hidden and such. We were so excited that I don't think we really got any sleep! Let the Adventure begin... We woke the kids up at 6:00 am with a "Merry Christmas!" They were so confused but we told them to go get in the shower and get dressed. They were not too enthused about getting up so early on a Saturday morning. They got ready and sleepily arrived in the living room to this: That actually woke them up pretty good! ... [Read More]
Jolly Holiday Surprise Adventure | The Storybook
THE STORYBOOK So one of the fun things that Joey and I planned for our kids, is a special storybook. We decided we wanted to put together a storybook that little by little revealed the surprise trip for our kids! I have LOVED doing this project with Joey. He wrote the story and I illustrated the book - it was so fun doing this together! We just picked up the books today and I'm so excited with how they turned out! So we will be waking the kids up early on Friday, December 6th and saying MERRY CHRISTMAS and have them open up the books. Each part of the book (3 parts), will be sealed so that they can only read the pages when we want them to read them. As they read each page of the story, they will be going on an adventure and doing what the pages say. The adventure will take us all the ... [Read More]
Family History TuesdayZ | Favorite Character
Journal prompt: Describe your favorite character Each Tuesday, I am going to be offering prompts or ideas. If you don't write in your journal regularly - I am going to encourage you to write just ONCE A WEEK and answer the question/idea that I give on Tuesdays. These ideas hopefully will spark a memory and you will be able to capture that in what you write/record so that it can be left for your children/grandchildren/family/friends. Give as much detail as you can when answering. Will you do this for me? Will you do this for your families? You can write it down in a journal, you can type it up on a computer or journaling software, you can take a recorder and talk, you can videotape your answers, you can even scrap a page with the journaling. It doesn't matter how you do this - ... [Read More]
Family History TuesdayZ | Favorite Book
Journal Prompt: Write about your very favorite book. Each Tuesday, I am going to be offering prompts or ideas. If you don't write in your journal regularly - I am going to encourage you to write just ONCE A WEEK and answer the question/idea that I give on Tuesdays. These ideas hopefully will spark a memory and you will be able to capture that in what you write/record so that it can be left for your children/grandchildren/family/friends. Give as much detail as you can when answering. Will you do this for me? Will you do this for your families? You can write it down in a journal, you can type it up on a computer or journaling software, you can take a recorder and talk, you can videotape your answers, you can even scrap a page with the journaling. It doesn't matter ... [Read More]
Wednesday SayingZ | Good Book
{ This week's quote } A good book is the best of friends! - Martin Tupper - I am a collector of quotes/sayings/titles and I am excited to share them with you each Wednesday. I hope they will inspire you and make your day a little better! I am also creating pieces of wordart with these quotes and will be offering them to you as a freebie! Feel free to use them in your scrapbooks or just print them out for wall decor! ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 12
Monday, March 15, 2010 I spent the day lounging in my motel room with take-out food, hot shower, a book, and my computer. I did a lot of thinking, resting and playing. It was wonderful. Meanwhile, Joey and the kids got to go to a play based off the children's book, "If you give a Mouse a Cookie." The kids LOVED it. They also went to school and then enjoyed an evening with Joey. I'm so grateful for such a great family! Tuesday, March 16, 2010 I came home at 5am. I was ready to be with my family. It was a busy day with laundry and cleaning up the house from being away. Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Happy St. Patrick's Day. I discovered last night that I didn't have anything Green for Beth to wear. The only thing we had was a yellow stripe shirt that did have some green in it. So we went ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 9
Monday, February 22, 2010 I spent all early afternoon getting Beth registered for Kindergarten. I still can't believe she is going to Kindergarten next year. Because Foothill Elementary isn't our area school (since JJ was placed there for his special class) - I had to get signatures from our area school so it just took awhile. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 It was JJ's first Blue and Gold Dinner for Scouts and this marked the Scouts' 100th Birthday so it was pretty special. JJ helped me make a fun cake that we entered into the cake contest and he got the Most Festive Cake Award. They got to play games and have a pizza dinner and we got to watch a wonderful Indian hoop dancer! A fun night! Wednesday, February 24, 2010 I have come to really love Freecycle.org. I have gotten rid of a few ... [Read More]
