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It is all Tina's fault!

Seriously. Tina. She finds the coolest stuff. And then I have to get it. She loves design. She has amazing style. A couple days ago, through her si...

Morning trains.

Ever wanted your child to like something? I was so excited when Simon began developing an interest in little cars and trains. There is something so...

$1.00 Bubbles = FUN

"More bubbles." Sure thing buddy. We found a cool bubble *thing* at the dollar store the other day. It came with three sizes of hoops - a large one...

Showing up...

A few years ago (probably more than a few in reality) my Mom prepared a gift similar to the one in the photo for a shower she was attending. This g...

On being thankful...

Thanks so much for all your comments and emails yesterday regarding being content. There is always something refreshing about recognizing our share...

To be content...

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and weal...

Watch out for the black hole called iTunes Essentials. If you are using iTunes you can go to their music store and access a section called Essentia...

Miss Lily.

My sweet girl. My companion. She is such a sounder - meaning that she will bark and bark and bark but probably not do anything about it. Today she ...

A couple people asked to see a sample page from my class last weekend. This is one day out of seven. We used these cool Scrapworks albums that have...

This morning I received this email from one of my students...thank you, my friend...this is what it is really all about: I wanted to tell you that ...

Happy Monday.

Happy Monday from home. Just a fun little photo of me and Carrie while visiting her Aunt Chris (aka: Sugar Aunt Chris) in Dallas. Seeing friends is...

CKU-A

I had an amazing experience these last few days at CKU-A in Dallas. It was the best. Currently I am sitting in Salt Lake City waiting for my flight...

Up, up & away.

Just getting the last minute things ready to go around here. Burning my class presentation to disk - I love Keynote (which is basically Powerpoint ...

Captivated.

[ CAPTIVATE: v : attract; cause to be enamored ] This morning I thought I would share a few things that have been captivating me lately. • the daff...

Just one kiddo.

Chris found a nice little article online today about Raising Onlies - as in "only child." We talk on and off about having only one child. For us, r...

Animals Among Us.

Simon has a good-sized collection of stuffed animals. Last week we gathered them all up and lined them against the wall in his room. It was so cool...

Transitions.

Hello yellow. Hard to be grumpy with beauty like this staring me in the face. And yet, I have had a grumpy day. Simon had a grumpy day too. A chall...