Christmas Tree Traditions!!!

Have I said before just how much I LOVE Christmas…? Well I do! I love the stripey jammies, I love the lights! I love the eggnog! I love how our girls get so excited from my excitement and we all just burst into candy canes on the lawn! I think one day I may just … Read more

Performances…

This winter was surely full of performances… it felt like the ironing board was constantly out! It was so fun though! Lots to remember and lots to be on time for but it’s so cute sitting back and watching your children blossom on stage or in front at church… I still get butterflies … even … Read more

Easter 2015…

Easter this year was fantastic! It was so simple! I think that’s one of my favorite parts of Easter… the simplicity of it… The beauty of spring… the flowers… everything is new again.  I love how the bunny comes and hides the eggs we color… I love the little African baskets he fills to the … Read more

when I’m sixty-four……

this spring we had such a nice family dinner with a bunch of cousins in town from Canada! My mom and her cousin turned 64 this year… so we totally had to play the Beatles song for that one…  It was great just letting the little cousins play and run about! That cake was huge … Read more

Nine………

It happened… our little girl turned 9! This March 3rd…Every year… this dress… before it would puddle on the ground and I would look at that puddle and laugh,… she will never fit into this… and now it’s above her ankle… how? so, could that golden light on that golden hair… get any more gorgeous! … Read more

Christmas 2014

this is what it’s all about… the hustle the bustle… to me, it’s the little things. The look in their eyes when they know that it’s almost time for Santa Claus to land on our rooftop… the way their sleepy heads tilt and smile… that moment when one of the girls remembers that Santa put … Read more

Cecilia is 6!!!!!!

I just love how happy she gets!!! This smile this squeeze your smile out smile… it’s awesome!  big sister Isabelle loves to help out… she’s such a sweet girl… sweet sister. I love just letting her… letting go… letting her do her own thing. It makes her feel so important and big! and I think … Read more

Lucia Tradition…

I’m go glad I married a Swede… 🙂such amazing new traditions…One of my favorite is Lucia… It’s such a beautiful celebration of light…Every year our girls participate in the Lucia procession held by our local Swedish Club! who knew, right, a Swedish club! ha!They practice weeks before… singing the songs and meeting up with friends…Then … Read more