Category: Family Ties

I love going out and I love getting dressed up. And while the getting ready part is not always the easiest with kids around (hence my chronicle “Out Without Kids”), it’s always worth the hassle …

As a young child, I loved Halloween.  I loved planning my costume and getting dressed up.  I loved wearing my costume everywhere: to school, for trick-or-treating and even in ballet class.  I loved trick-or-treating and …

Today is OUR day, the day that we share our love and celebrate our marriage. Three kids, three homes, five losses, Seven years later. It’s kind of a big deal. We’ve reached the point of …

My Mommy and my Mommy-in-law both lost their own mommies this summer.  My girls were very saddened and made them cards which, in our true family style, never got mailed.  So instead of sending them …

Since it’s national Grandparent’s Day, I thought I’d highlight a few of my favorite posts about grandparents (my own and my children’s!)  And while we may be down three grandparents this year, their impact on …

Tomorrow we will celebrate the life and love of my Gran’ma as we say our good-byes. The lead up to this day has been long, weeks of waiting but it’s given us time to prepare. …

While I LIKE cooking and baking and the like, I don’t get to enjoy it as much as I want to.  I cook daily but baking happens much less frequently and when I do bake, …

Hubby’s family is almost entirely Scandinavian (hence our beautiful little blondies). His mom is 100% Finnish and she still has many cousins in Finland. We were very lucky when we took our Baltic cruise with …

 I’m a bit on an ancestral mutt; the epitome of the American melting pot; a little bit of this, a little bit of that.  Unlike some people I know (like hubby who has a neat …

Life sometimes has a way of hitting you where it really hurts, of saying “Haha, you think you have me figured out?  Screw you!” It’s been a year since I’ve been home.  A year since …