The Good Parts of Christmas

This ended up being a fairly tough Christmas. But, despite its challenges, we ended up having some nice moments. We spent Christmas Eve at my in-laws' house. Considering the fact…

Reindeer Games

Last week was the holiday concert at Lilian's daycare. This is the third holiday concert they've hosted since she started going there, but the first one that I actually attended.…

Grateful

This year, I am thankful for a husband who will go along with my crazy schemes. (For those of you who are wondering, we got all of the lower cabinet…

The Worst Laid Plans…

It is a testament to my husband's good nature that I can say something like "hey, let's paint the kitchen cabinets" the weekend before Thanksgiving and he will actually go…

Night of a Thousand Elsas

Spoiler alert: Lilian totally wore her costume. My sister Melissa told me that Halloween was going to be the night of a thousand Elsas. Who's Elsa, you ask? Perhaps, unlike…

Happy Halloween!

Apparently I made a passing reference to buying a new sewing machine, promised a story, and then never wrote about it again. Whoops. So, yeah, I bought a sewing machine.…

Mothers’ Day 2014

I joke a lot about how Kristian and I are the least romantic people that I know. I mean, by the time we get through our birthdays every year, we…

Easter Weekend 2014

One of my in-laws is having some health problems, so Easter was a little bittersweet for us this year. But, we still managed to have a nice holiday. It definitely…

Fauxmas 2014

This past weekend, we got together with my Dad's Family for Christmas Part III: The One Where Nobody Got an Icky Diseases. We did the same thing last year, but…

Christmas 2013

We had to scale back our Christmas plans because Lilian was sick, but we still managed to have a loverly holiday. My in-laws weren't feeling too fussed about germs (they…