It's time for us to unplug! Our contributors are excited to spend a little time with their families this Thanksgiving and will be taking a short break from blogging. But don't fear! We'll be back with some amazing new...
Winter Break is looming on the horizon. You have days to fill and kids to entertain. A medium to long car ride is worth the “are we there yet,” if, and only if, the destination proves worthy. Dallas is...
As moms, we will always jump to defend our kids, our husbands, our friends, our parents and our siblings. I actually think that the definition of "becoming a mom" means defending others.
The thing is, we are all so quick...
I'm a news junkie with a full career built around current events.
Although we don't watch a ton of TV in our home, we usually turn it on during the Today Show or evening news hours. Since my son was...
When I read Bethanny's post about her son's birthday at the playground at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, I knew that's where we would host my daughter's second birthday. It happens to be one of my girls' favorite Dallas playgrounds and...
Unfortunately, this past year my family had 2 funerals to attend. My husband's uncle and my aunt passed away after both being sick for a while.
For us, it was never a question on whether we would take our children...
We didn’t start out as a co-sleeping family-in fact my oldest daughter contently slept in her own bed until she was 18 months old. As much as I swore that we would never bed-share (ha!), it became the right...
As I have thought many times throughout my eight years of motherhood: I never realized how much my mom did for our family growing up until I had children, especially around the holidays! There is so much coordinating, gift-buying, and...
Ahoy Thanksgiving! With turkey day around the corner chances are you're starting to plan the big meal. Don't be afraid to include the youngest household members when it's time to prep. Yes their participation could slow things down, but the lifelong...
Deer season opens the first weekend of November, and you can bet my husband will be taking our elementary age sons to the family ranch to hunt sometime this fall. He would take our daughter, too, if she were...
Ellie was about 2 months old when my husband, a chiropractor who notices these things, said to me "man, her head is starting to look really flat, we need to watch out for that." What? My perfect baby... no...
After just walking through a tough season in my personal life, it has been more evident than ever that I want to model for my children how we can SERVE our community as a family. The families and friends...