We had a lofty fundraising goal to reach in May! Here's all the stats for how we did!

My little love, You are such a big boy now! Seven years old! I'm excited for you to finish sleeping so we can have fun doing all of your favorite things - we will snuggle on the "Fiffer-feffer-feff" (what we call our big couch) while we read as many books as you want. We'll of course make sure to read a bunch of Dr. Seuss books and ones with Mickey Mouse in them. Next we'll sit up at the piano and you can play (and I can play next to you if you want, you have always liked sit

A couple of weeks ago, I was pushing Damian in his stroller while walking home from Church. I absolutely love walking to and from church this time of year because most of the homes we walk past cover their front yards in rose bushes and this is the time of year they all bloom! It's BEAUTIFUL! To add to the beauty, on this particular Sunday I noticed so many more birds singing than I normally hear. It was so loud that for a moment I just stopped walking and listened. Oh my goo

Happy New Year! Some people get their holiday cards out (digitally or physically) before Christmas, but not us! We just wrapped up Damian's Christmas Village this past weekend though, so I think we are more than justified, haha. Our last in-person fundraising event of 2025 went so well, I couldn't be more pleased! I reviewed all the specifics in my last post , but today's is our annual family newsletter! It sometimes feels a little silly talking generally about our year (beca

Our 9-night run of Damian's Christmas Village has concluded and with that, 2025 is coming to a close! Our latest fundraiser event was SO magical! I didn't quite get everything built that I had planned on , but we definitely succeeded in "plussing it up" from last year's version and that was my main goal! This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may earn a commission if you click a link and then purchase something What was NEW this Year Peppermint Mickey Unfortunately las

I'm SO excited today (appropriately on Giving Tuesday) to announce my plans for our final fundraiser event for 2025! Last year was our first time doing Damian's Christmas Village and it was such a big push to get it done, but a BIG help this year has been the ability to build off of everything I made last year, rather than start completely from scratch. A lot of cleaning and touching up has been required so far, but everything is going up MUCH quicker! And just like our Hallo

Talk about SPOOKTACULAR!!! When I originally decided to set $15,000 as our October fundraising goal, I couldn't even say it out loud because I was nervous it was too lofty. And yet, here we are! Wow wow WOW! I cannot thank all of you enough for making this Halloween season our most successful one yet. I am SO excited to share all the results and stats with you, so let's get to it!! Upgrades to Damian's Not-So-Haunted House Oh my goodness, we almost looked like a full-blown

Our "0% Scary, 100% Halloween Fun" walkthrough experience has been a favorite project of mine ever since we first made it in 2023 - can...

Let me just ease all your minds right now and say I DID NOT WRITE THESE WORKOUTS! I did not go to school and get a degree in health &...