For family that would drive 14 hours to come and visit us and happily sleep on air mattresses and futons only to be woken before the crack of dawn by happy children' voices! For late night games and treats! For a home to share! For our family that...

We have had so much fun the past week and so much more lies in store! I love this time of year. Even though the beautiful Arizona weather does not feel like Thanksgiving to me - having family visit and anticipating the fun season puts me in the Holiday...

Actually - Three confessions - 1 - I have eaten more of my kids Halloween candy than they have. I have been digging to find the Butterfinger and Twix bars, but I am sad to say they are gone - and they have all gone in my tummy. YUM! 2 - I adore my...

or at least lunchtimes. Lou managed to knock her bowl of tomato soup on the floor. I had not idea how far soup can travel. Even after I thought I had cleaned it all up, I found red splatter on the ceiling and walls nowhere near the table. Not five...

Halloween is big here! I don't know if it just our neighborhood, but people go all out! Decorations, haunted houses, tons of trick-or-treaters, and tons of candy. It was Curly and Lou's first experience trick-or-treating at houses and we all had a...