It wasn’t really a party, but when your family has 13 people, it does kind of feel like it! It’s always special to decorate my parent’s tree, and see the same ornaments we’ve been hanging for the past 20+ years.  My mom said as we were decorating, that having each of us kids choose an ornament of our favorite thing each year was one of her  ...

Holidays are such a nice change from our normal daily routines. We had a very pleasant halloween – we took the day “off” school & went to the park, read books, made pumpkin play dough (it was kind of gross, although the kids loved it – I’d look for a better recipe if we make it again), watched our favorite Halloween movies,  ...