For Christmas this year, i made my nieces and nephew each a pillow that was a portrait of each child. Here they are: Pillows for Maia and Elise: For Elise’s pillow, I wanted to show her love for kindergarten and “paperwork.” Her picture has a giant pencil (hard to see in pic) and her name Read More
I’ve been very busy working on various crafts as gifts for others and learning tools for Caleb since November. I have been mostly diligent photographing them, but I’ve been terrible at sharing them on my blog (or keeping up with blogging at all!). So, I’m hoping to backtrack for awhile while I share what I’ve Read More
This year we sent out our Christmas letter in e-mail. Is this a lame thing to do? You decide. We considered getting pictures done and printing out a letter and addressing envelopes and stamping them and driving them to the post office…. Then, Josh and I looked at each other and said, “Why?” So, as Read More
Since Josh and I did not go home for Christmas this year, we tried our best to make our family members feel loved. We sent them all a Christmas card, which I’m sure was read with baited breath. We also sent gifts to all of them. I imagined them opening the gigantic shipping box and Read More
I’ve felt a lot of attacks on my Christian faith lately. First, the holiday season always prompts the public educators tolerance talks where, if we mention Christmas, we should also mention all of the other holidays. I grow weary of saying, “Happy Holidays!” to all the kids lest their parents call the school about me Read More
I was going to design our own Christmas Card this year, what with all my design skills and all. I worked very hard trying to find just the right card with all the right colors. Anyway, despite all of my hard work, Josh just didn’t like it. I can’t figure it out…