Simple Ways To Celebrate

Are you looking for new ways to add meaning to your holidays?

Show your thankful spirit by writing 2 or 3 thank you cards and mailing them to people that have helped you over the last year.

Celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6th. For those that may not know about this one, kids leave their shoes outside their bedroom doors and St. Nicholas stops by during the night, leaving kids a small treat. For an added twist, St. Nicholas could leave older kids a craft they can complete and then give to someone.

Start a family tradition. They don't have to be elaborate- and you're more likely to continue them if they're not. We like to give our kids new pajamas every Christmas eve so we know they'll look good for photos the next morning. Pick your favorite thing to create your own tradition: maybe silly slippers or ugly holiday sweaters. Or make it a tradition that everyone gets a movie DVD or a book.

Long time, no see!

Life has been busy and blogging took a seat in the "way-way back." I am now attempting to get back into the groove.

Our website is new and improved. It's Simple, clean and very pretty. It's now have a "responsive" design that changes to the device that you use to access it, making it easier to use and with less clicking around to find what you need. The best thing is that it's 100% HTML, so it's completely compatible with iPads, iPhones and other mobile devices. (No flash!)

We have moved!

The hard truth that house renovating takes far longer than you ever, EVER, expect is our reality right now. Construction dust may never settle. But I now understand the appeal of pinterest... While we've switched home-base, we still work both in Madison and Cedar Rapids, still cultivate the Badger/Hawkeye rivalry, still cheer for the Packers and still drink Spotted Cow.

Our oldest started high school this fall and loves it. Our middle two have adjusted quite fine to elementary school. Our youngest is in 4K and continues to give us a run for our money. People like to say it's because he's the youngest, but those that have met him know he just does things his own way. Luckily, he's hilarious and cute. :)