On Tuesday April 27th, we celebrated Payton’s 6th birthday in a big way… We went to a character breakfast and ate cupcakes for breakfast. He made new friends. Payton got to choose which rides we would go on. On top of the list was the Buzz Lightyear ride, of course! The kids were even...

I haven’t been updating like I had hoped while on vacation. Disney is like this beast that swallows you whole and then spits you back out all battered, sunburned and exhausted …. on a daily basis, yet we keep going back for more. We are on day 6 of 8 and honestly, I am not sure if I am going...

Tips,Hints and Our Experience. So we decided again to skip the whole stroller thing. It still seemed to be more trouble than it was worth. Amelia (3) and Payton (almost 6, not 5 like I said in my previous post..ahem) did perfectly fine walking ALL day on their own. Today we even added the additional...

Planning a vacation for a family our size that is fun, relaxing and (somewhat) economical can be a challenge. We decided this year to take a more extravagant vacation than our usual and hit Disney. Our children are what I think are the perfect ages, from 3-12 years old. Also, my 3 year old has an unhealthy...

11 Days before Christmas and I still didn’t have our Christmas cards out. Heck, I didn’t even have a picture for the card. The kids happened to have a music recital to dress up for so I took the opportunity to try to get a picture the perfect picture for our last-minute cards. Of course we...

This is my baby. She is 2. She is the littlest sister. Amelia really, really wants to learn to play the “biolin”. This is Briana, she is the biggest of the sisters. It’s a really, really good time to have a big sister. A big sister who just happens to know how to play the “biolin”. A...

We are finally on a much needed family vacation. We are in the gorgeous Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg Tennessee. We usually come here every year for the annual lighted Christmas parade that they host. There are a couple of times every year when we want to just quit homeschooling, toss the books out...