happiness

Every star in the sky on Christmas Eve is a wish made by someone. Finding joy in the big and little things at Christmas and sharing it with others is what makes Christmas special.

A young boy shares all the things he loves throughout his day!

School is back in session here. I usually try to spend the first day of school treating myself, but this year I ended up subbing the first three days of school. Then the rest of the week was full of appointments and running errands, so I really didn’t have any time to just relax and…

On Sundays I share snippets from our life here in small town Iowa. Now that the school year is in full swing, our kids are involved in all kinds of activities. You’ll see a lot of those photos here, as well as others from our family and even our community. We live the small town…

My mom is a Master Gardener.   She always has been in all of our minds,  but she actually took the class to become one.  As part of holding the title of Master Gardener, you have to complete a project to benefit your community. Several years ago, after taking the class, mom created a flower…

On Sundays, I like to share snippets from our life here in small town Iowa.   Our kids are active.  We are involved in our community.  It seems there is always something going on.   I’d love to hear snippets from your life as well! Sadly, we only took one trip to Orange Leaf this…

I have been looking for a way to share snippets from our family life here in Iowa.  I used to post Scenes From Our Week every Sunday, but posting every Sunday became difficult.  Then, this summer I tried High Five Friday, posting five things we were excited about. But, I didn’t want to be tied…

I’m back with a High Five Friday post.  It’s been such a busy summer with lots of High Five moments. Since I haven’t posted for a few weeks, these are moments that I wanted to share since my last High Five Friday post.  To see other great moments in other blogger’s lives, click the buttons…

I’m sharing my High Five Moments from our week.  To see other great moments in other blogger’s lives, click the buttons above.  Take a moment to reflect on your High Five moments from your week. Meet our newest family member, Stormy 1. On Sunday morning, our family went to go out to eat for Father’s…

I wasn’t able to do a High Five post last week, so this will be a combination of High Fives from the last two weeks, which have been our first two weeks of summer! 1. Monday, June 2nd,  was our last day of school. The kids are thrilled to get our summer started. We will…