The only thing needed to make my children happy is attention. But in this socially connected world of Facebook, twitter, pinterest, email, cell phones, and ten thousand other ways, it seems like we are more constantly "connected" to people not with us, then the people in the same room as us. I have been on…

Every day we have the choice to be too busy or the choice to shape our family culture in a positive way. And here’s the best part: we can always make time! There will be lazy Saturdays when our calendar is wide open and we can spend the entire day playing as a family. And there will be days when we are runnin…

The kids were up and staring out their windows first things this morning. All three kids couldn't hold in their cheers and excitement over the wet white stuff covering the ground.  We hustled down the stairs, ate breakfast and ran outside to play.  We loved playing in the first snow of the year and no…

I love making play dough with the kids.  Something about adding the ingredients to make it and then getting to play with it makes it even more fun for the kids.  The kids like choosing the color, adding it in until it gets just the right shade, and stiring, stiring stiring.  Play dough provides hours of fun for all th…

This Halloween was by far one of our favorites.  The kids all had grand ideas of what they wanted to be and each one was really creative and fun. Trent wanted to be a raptor from Jurassic Park.  So with full knowledge that we couldn't find this costume in store, we checked Ebay and to my surprise som…