Domestic Kate

Hans got to name the title of this post today. I said "Happy Valentine's Day!" to him today and he responded with, "Happy Day Hans!". Coincidentally, that is also how he repeats "Happy Birthday" too. We had balloons around the house days after his birthday and he would walk around with them exclaiming, "Happy Day Hans!". We're a very happy household ;) . Growing up we always had a Valentine's breakfast prepared in the morning. It was a great way to start my day before heading off to school. My mom would decorate the table with her Valentine's china dishes, red goblets, and a table cloth. Whatever we ate was dyed red and we also got to eat a little candy too! I so looked forward to that breakfast. And, although I really appreciated all of the details that went into it, I don't think you have to go too overboard in order to make it memorable or exciting for your kids. I was reading a blog the other day (i can't re...

I have been absent from my blog for quite some time and we've had a lot of fun times I've forgotten to blog about. I may fill you in at some point, but for now I'm just going to pick up from the present and try my best at continuing to blog from here on out. We'll see how it goes =-) We had a fabulous Easter weekend celebrating our Christ's resurrection! Tom and I really wanted to remember the Lord this Easter season and prepare our hearts for Easter by reading chapters in the Gospels, Isaiah, and reading commentaries in a devotional book called "Jesus 90 days with the One and Only" by Beth Moore. We read these together on Friday afternoon and then went out to dinner and attended Good Friday service with Tom's mom and her husband. It was a nice service with good time of worship. It is really important to us to truly remember the reason why we celebrate Easter. I really don't want to confuse Hans with mixed meanings of the holiday, but want h...

Hans received an early easter egg this year that held a special surprise for him and he's ready to share his secret with you! Hans is going to be a .... We are all so excited about our new precious gift! And this weekend we are celebrating the greatest gift of all... Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Happy Good Friday and Easter!

...and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go!!! We truly had a "vintage christmas" this year as we all headed back to my Grandma's house. All of my siblings and nieces and nephews were able to go as well making this a very special time!! Because the size of our family has more than doubled since we were little kids, we are no longer able to sleep snuggly at Grandma's house and were fortunate enough to be able to stay at a cozy little hotel in town. It felt like we should be waking up to a mountain range out back and with the off and on snow fall throughout the weekend, it really felt like a Christmas in the old movies {for lack of a better description}. There were too many places I wanted to stop along the way from our hotel to my grandma's house. I could take pictures of every old building in this town! To say I'm sentimental would be an understatement. Although, this building holds no significance to my family. I just liked the green gar...