The Road Trip Accident Story and My Soon-To-Be Teenage Driver
It was summer 2007, and our (then) family of seven had traveled to the Tampa/Orlando area visiting my brother and his family and every area …
Oreo Cookie Cake Recipes
For my oldest daughter’s birthday, I made her and her friends an Oreo Cookie-Shaped Cake. It was a two-layered chocolate fudge cake (two chocolate layers …
Best. Picture. Ever. from #roadtrip2010 (Day 5)
Part of our road trip took us to Williamsburg, Virginia. Specifically Busch Gardens. With the yearly Anheuser-Busch “Here’s to the Heroes” offer, we used to …
A Costume Kind of Day
As promised, my costumed family for Halloween. I will share the tutorials in separate upcoming posts, as promised. (Homemade costumes make good Christmas presents for …
Dinner and a Comedy Show
I swear that it’s never dull in our house. I mean, with six kids, how could it ever be? For dinner last night, though, it …
Extreme Makeover: Teenage Bedroom Edition, Birthday-Style
The mission – ambushing our teenager’s room for a remodel we lovingly titled Operation Extreme Bedroom Makeover for her birthday. You see, as she’s gotten …
Teenagers and Cars
“Mom, can I sit in the driver’s seat?” my oldest says to me. After some consideration, torturing her during my silence, we switch seats. She …
Adventures in Mail, Teenage Version
It began like any other time I check the mail. I walk up to the mailbox,I insert the key, jiggle it until it works, and …
Beautiful Like Me – Imitation – Week 2
Today’s topic for the Beautiful Like Me Project, a project dedicated to raising awareness about the lack of self-esteem and poor body image in today’s …
Beautiful Like Me – Self Image – Week 1
I find it interesting the topic of this week’s Beautiful Like Me post is: How our self-image effects the self-image of our children. It wasn’t …