I’ve been thinking a little bit about how some readers requested, when we posted about our engagement and wedding, to hear a little more about our romance. So, here goes! (I’m going to try to keep it fairly succinct. I hand-wrote 54 pages in my journal recounting our wedding day. Just the wedding day mind you. I… Read More »
10 Practical Tips for a Calm Wedding Morning
{Apology to our readers: When this post was first published, many of you chimed in with great feedback and suggestions of your own, and we had an awesome discussion in the comments. However, when we switched our blog platform over a number of months ago, the comments on several posts were lost irrevocably. If you… Read More »
Mothering the 12-year-old girl: Six thoughts.
{May I encourage you to read my boy post as well? Both these posts have something for mothers of either sex.} Bridget, age 12 When dear Carlyn asked me that question about 13-year-old boys, I had to laugh, because it reminded me of when my two eldest were so little. I was visiting a friend… Read More »
Inspiration for an Easter Craft (early) or Homemade Wedding Gifts (late)
–> I hate to be the one to interrupt my mom’s various series that you are all engrossed in. But I have had requests for posting pictures of the wedding gifts I made last summer for my siblings. And, the truth is, that they’re more seasonally appropriate now than they were in the summer, because… Read More »
In which I get going again, starting with a yard sale.
It’s easy when I’ve been chatting with you to go on chatting with you, and a little hard to jump back in when I’ve been gone.I feel like there’s so much that’s happened, and here I am with hardly any pictures to show for it all! Yet. Rosie is working on getting her real official… Read More »