Today’s post is brought to you from my daughter, Nicole. All six of my kids do incredible things, and I am happy to have them share their stories with you. Thank you, Nicole, for sharing your experience with others. This past May I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Quito, Ecuador through school. During the beginning …
#SheetOutOfLuck? Not with Angel Soft!
With six kids in this house you better believe that we run out of toilet paper way too often! Uggh! Too many times I see this… I know we are not the only ones. Right? It happens to you too! Doesn’t it? So why am I talking about toilet paper?!? Because in our house #SheetOutOfLuck happenshttp://www.angelsoft.com! …
Patriotic Art for the Fourth of July
Next week I head back into the classroom to teach art as part of a Summer Arts Academy. I have been super busy planning our time together, and yesterday I picked up 100 pounds of clay! The students (aged first thru sixth grade) will be rolling, squishing, and forming various items out of clay next …
Fun for the Whole Family
We are a large family, and the kids’ ages range from 12 to 24. With older kids living out of the home and out of the area, we really don’t get to spend a whole lot of time with everyone present. We cherish the time when we are all together. This mostly happens during the holidays or …
Clay Creations for Kids
I love working with clay! I find this art form to be very relaxing and rewarding. Starting with a chunk of mud and pinching, rolling, forming the malleable material into your eye’s vision is just the first step. Once fired and bisqued, you then work with the color and glazes, bringing even more life to …
Healthy and Quick Food for All
Healthy and quick food is not always readily available everywhere. As a busy working mother, I know how hard it can be at times.As you may have noticed, I have not posted in more than a few days. With the end of the school year right around the corner, my life has gotten even busier …
My Daughter’s Journey to Boston University
Sending my daughter off to college some 3,148 miles away from home was hard; teary-eyed, all-emotional, sad-face hard. Now four years later, I am thrilled to report that my daughter has graduated! So why is there sadness? I have come to love the city of Boston and the excellent friends that she has made while …
Anna Marie Jardini Award for Service and Achievement
Enjoy this story told through pictures – I am one proud momma! Two years post graduation, Robert is living and working in Los Angeles. I couldn’t be more proud of the incredible man my son has become. Transparency of Medication Prices
An Easy Mother’s Day Picnic
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and my husband has been asking me what I might want to do. I can tell you I don’t like heading to restaurants on Mother’s Day – they are way too busy. Crazy busy. I have a few stories of Mother’s Day restaurant brunch fails. I never feel …
How I Met Your Stepmother
Today’s post is written by my husband, Gavin. This is his take on how it all got started. Enjoy! How I Met Your Stepmother By Gavin Visualize three children, feigning interest in the story I am about to tell, sitting on a couch. The oldest, Olivia, rolling her eyes, as if she had heard the …