Strickly Speaking

So I did it!  I did adjust the position of the camera a few times and it's not perfect, but it's real life. Here's a taste of wh...

Wishing you so much love and joy and peace this Christmas and in the new year! These verses have been stirring in my heart with hop...

It's the day of our Christmas party and I'm excited and happy that I got a lot of what needed to be done ahead of time so I can...

We survived 10 days without Jamie! He got in last night and we were all super psyched to see him again. I love watching my boys love on thei...

Today we went with my family for the annual Christmas tree hunt and chop. It sounds so barbaric. But it's always so much fun, even if...

I stack a few plates to make room on the kitchen table for my computer. Ella Fitzgerald is singing about New Years Eve and Blaise is happily...

The smell of Christmas. I've been simmering a pot on my stove and it's making the whole house smell delightful!  All you need is: ...

I am a school-Mama. My boys take the bus to  school and so I get to meet the bus kids and parents and then I pick up my kids from  school at...

It seems as though we are finally settling into a bit of a routine and it seems to be working. The boys are doing well at school and I'm...

I love sending Christmas cards as much as I love receiving them. Actually I think I love sending Christmas cards more. Is that weird? So be ...

i don't really like griping and groaning on my blog. but perhaps that's why i've been so scarce around here lately. jamie and i ...

wishing you all this and more as you celebrate christmas this year. Hark the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King....

the other day i remarked to jamie how excited i was when i was a kid to open my chocolate advent calendar each day. then we discussed {as ad...

the sounds {grass cutters, birds chirping) and sights {green trees, sunny blue skies} outside right now tell me it's summer. and summer ...

we've been keeping ourselves busy around here. we had some fantastic visitors for the past 4 days and had a blast eating out and enjoyin...

it's no secret we love our christmas movies and music. in fact, last year someone told me that i own more christmas music than anyone el...

so it's getting to be that time of year again...christmas!!! we love christmas around here. usually we wait until american thanksgivin...

i know christmas has past but i couldn't resist this after a friend sent it to me knowing my love of christmas music and also? the last ...

christmas was lovely. low-key. laid back. i loved it all. i did remark to curtis at one point that it felt like we were just pretending  it...

i made these scones for christmas morning breakfast. they.were.amazing. i am in love with them. you need to make them.  the origina...