Happy Memorial Day!




If you’d like to see what I came up with to say “thank you” to some service men and women (navy) last year at Girls’ Camp, look at this post:




If you’d like to see what I came up with to say “thank you” to some service men and women (navy) last year at Girls’ Camp, look at this post:
If you have been reading my blog, you might mistakenly think that I don’t celebrate the 4th of July. That isn’t the case at all. It just crept up right after Girls’ Camp and in the middle of helping my SIL to get ready to move into her new house (a mile away from me,…
I know. I’ve been sewing again! What is the world coming to? We have a family reunion over the 4th of July weekend. Each branch of the family is assigned a specific color and our family is blue. We deliberated about whether to go family or patriotic, and decided to do both. The H is…
Happy Birthday Mr. President… If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos off of school this President’s Day, maybe you could help them make some presidential puppets! My first grader (with ideas from me and lots of help from BSB) made this puppet as part of a book report for school. This…
Saturday is US Constitution Day! Didn’t you know that? It must be a big holiday, because my children are allowed to trade in their school uniforms for patriotic red, white, and blue garb tomorrow! So I’m going a little patriotic today, too. We hosted a combined birthday party at my house a while back for…
It’s not too late to throw together some fun for the historic inauguration festivities. Take advantage of this free download from Kira @ Tangarang (that’s my daughter’s name, too. Kira, I mean–not Tangarang).And how fun is this?So, I don’t drink at all, but I’m sure we could come up with some sort of fun non-alcoholic…
Do you send “thank you” cards? It is becoming a lost art. We usually make or write thank you cards, and then forget to deliver or send them. My mother-in-law, unfailingly sends us a thank-you after Christmas and birthday/mother’s day (they are about the same time), and gently reminds us to send them, at least…