Monday, December 31, 2012

This Was THE Year

Wow...what a year! 2012 has seen some amazing dreams come true for me and my family. We had a baby. Wrote a book. Sold our house. And now look forward to new adventures in our new...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

From Our Family to Yours

Christmas cards...in real life. ...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Wookiees Wanted

I just learned that my friends Steve (from Mormon Wookiee) & Diane--the ones who wrote this post on infertility-- are starting the adoption process!!   I like this photo of Diane...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Jocelyn's List of the Best Christmas Books for Children 2012

Jocelyn's List of the Best Christmas Books for Children 2012 After four years of publishing Christmas book lists, it's getting harder and harder to keep the list to just 24 books!  This...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

The Power of Letting Go

I received this in the mail this week....along with a special note from my Mom. I had mentioned to her how much I loved this nativity that she painted years ago and how I was hoping to find...
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For Sale

I just made the tearful announcement to my neighbor, so I can now tell all of you... There is a "For Sale" sign in front of my house. I was being all brave about it until I saw the sign installation...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Stained-glass Stable Craft

Just in case you were wondering...our baby is still super cute. At one month old, she is so smiley and growing like crazy! She's the spitting image of all of my other babies...especially Scarlett. To...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Wise Men Paper Crowns

Freezing rain gifted us with a two-hour school delay this morning, so we got to bang out another Christmas book and craft activity. Two Christmases ago, I told you about the book "A Small...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

In addition to adding a "new addition" to our family, we've had a few other exciting adventures together as a family in the last month...one of which we are still in the thick of so I'll have to...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A Christmas Communique'

The Christmas spirit is alive and well over here at our house! Just last night at dinner, Guy decided--all on his own--to write this letter to Santa, the contents of which are pretty atypical of...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Blessing Day

I'm fighting every urge right now to post like a million pictures of my gorgeous baby and tell you how amazing she is... Whoops, now see, that one got away from me...but just take my word...
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