Here in the Midwest, we endure months, and I mean months, of cold winter weather. We are in the midst of an earlier-than-usual snowfall as I write this post. Nothing seems to help me get through the winder doldrums like decorating the house for Christmas and practicing a little hygee. (I should probably write a post about that soon as “seasonal… View Post
It’s full-on Christmas cookie baking season, so I thought I’d pass along some of my favorite recipes. Since we’ll be gone for most a good chunk of cookie eating, I’m only planning to make one kind this year. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST. Also, making Christmas cookies is on our Advent activities list this week, and this recipe is so… View Post
I love Advent. I love the practice of slowing down and counting down the days until something really special happens. We believe in Jesus, so that special thing we wait for at Christmas time is Jesus’ birth. Since Wade’s been asking a lot about Jesus this year, we’ve decided to try out the Advent readings from the Jesus Storybook Bible…. View Post
I have this cute little Christmas village. The kids love to set it up every year. BUT…it’s straight outta the 90s. Ya feel me? Cute, but dated and it needed some help. Yeah, now that I’m looking back on these photos, I kind of cringe. I could’ve done a way better job with this set up! Oh well. I’ve been… View Post
I promised some short, sweet vignette posts for Christmas. My first one was last week’s post about the dining room buffet, and I got a lot of great feedback, so thank you! Today, I’m going to highlight an area of my office that doesn’t get a lot of attention. It’s my bookshelf and recently it’s just been sort of a… View Post
Ever heard of gleaning the fields? It’s when people collect the leftover crops after a field has been harvested. Turns out, our neighborhood is great for gleaning. We may not have any farmers these days (the entire Silicon Valley used to be full of orchards of all kinds…) but we’ve scored some sweet finds from what people are throwing away…. View Post