Thanksgiving Tradition: Grateful Pig

Thanksgiving Tradition: Grateful Pig

Meet GRATEFUL PIG, our favorite November family tradition. Grateful Pig can be any old piggy bank, but around Thanksgiving he collects blessings instead of coins. We place him in a prominent spot in our house with some scraps of paper and a pen. As family members walk...
March Madness Family Traditions!

March Madness Family Traditions!

Image via cbssports.com We love sports around here, but even if you don’t, March Madness is a great time of year. We have a few traditions that keep it especially exciting:   Extended Family. In our extended family everyone over the age of 9, gets to participate...
Coordinated Christmas Jammies

Coordinated Christmas Jammies

We LOVED the Christmas jammies my mom purchased for the grand kids this year! The variety of colors was great, the quality was nice, they were soft, and you can never go wrong with stripes ($17.99 per set). They also come in red/white or red/green if you want them to...
Why Santa only brings ONE gift

Why Santa only brings ONE gift

This is a post from last year, but it is an important one for me to remember every year. image via Wikipedia When I was writing for an Arizona newspaper, my paths crossed with a family life coach named Keri Maughan for a few articles, and I was always amazed by her...