Here's a very simple gift for anyone on your list. We won big at our town Christmas Celebration (I'm talkin' grand prize kind of big. It blessed our socks off, folks!). It was such a great surprise that we chose to turn some of that money back into blessing others. I ...
Choosing Christmas Cheer
Some years Christmas time usually leaves me frazzled, anxious, worn out & disappointed. But this year I don't feel any of those things! I am so in love with this whole Christmas season & celebrating the birth of Jesus. I'm most thankful that I had another year of making memories with ...
Memories For The Boy
It's nearly midnight, I'm exhausted & I want to crash. But tomorrow my boy turns 6!! This quick set up took less than 10 minutes and I had everything already on hand. I know it's not pretty. I also know my son will love it regardless. Making memories for my children is my favorite thing to ...
Flag Day
This Friday June 14th marks Flag Day. This also happens to be the wedding anniversary of my loving parents. My father tells a great story about how he fooled my young mother into thinking he hung flags all around town for their first wedding anniversary. ;) If you are looking for a song to teach ...
The Boy Turns Five and a Half
This past Saturday our family celebrated something special. Even though we didn't celebrate in the way we normally do, because we were busy cleaning and taking care of household things we were still celebrating. The celebration was marking 5 and a half years of what we call "The Carben1 Comedy ...
DIY Table Top S’mores
Last night we made Table Top Driveway Smores. I had everything on hand already except the charcoal and the pot. Driveway S'mores Being impatient we roasted some while there was still a little flame, this makes deliciously burnt mallows. ;-) The Basics. I think this bag of charcoal will last us ...
Flowers For Valentine’s Day
Just for fun, I wanted to show off what my hubby did for me for Valentine's day. He knows I'm watching what I eat so he avoided giving me a great big box of my favorite chocolates (although I would have made an exception- then complained later when my weight went up). He instead made these ...
Melted Crayon Shapes
What would you do with an ice cream bucket FULL of crayons? Well I'll tell you what I did. I sorted them by color and saved all of them longer than 2 inches for precious little hands to color with. The ones under about 2 inches went back in the bucket to be melted into new exciting shapes! I did ...
THANKSGIVING
Philippians 4:6 (Worldwide English (New Testament)) Do not worry about anything. Talk to God about everything. Thank him for what you have. Ask him for what you need. Thank you God for: Loving me, unconditionally. Really, no one else could do it like you do. The family I grew ...
Holiday Cards
How do you feel about holiday cards? To our family, they're Christmas cards and when they come we are so excited! The kids and I just love checking the mail through out December and seeing updated pictures of our family and friends. Some whom we haven't seen in months, years, and others who we ...