Before bed, Eli asks for a tractor story every night.  From the picture above, I guess you can tell where his passions lie right now.  The other night, he told me a tractor story – his first ever story by the way… “Mommy, I tell you tacter tory tonight!  Once pon time, Ewi ride tacter [...]

After coming back from Michigan with 100 pictures, several brochures and tons of memories, I racked my brain for a practical way to put it all together.  Then I remembered Sheri’s blog and the notebooks she uses with her Five In A Row studies.  Perfect! I found the 10×10″ spiral notebooks in the scrapbooking section [...]

You’re sitting around the dining room table some Sunday afternoon 20 or 30 years from now with your children and grandchildren. What will your children want to talk about? I hope my children have rich stories full of wonderful memories to talk about! I hope there will be many bright and beautiful moments that stand [...]

Here’s one of the greatest ideas I’ve heard in awhile! It comes from Barbara, a non-blogging friend of mine. I’ve definitely stored this idea for future use in my family. She never told me exactly what she was calling it, so I’ve titled it……………. The Blessings Book Several weeks before your child’s 13th birthday, ask [...]