Archive for the 'In the holiday spirit' Category

Hatin’ Halloween

It’s no secret I’m no fan of Halloween. I don’t see the point. It’s no longer a religious holiday. Now it’s just a day where you spend ridiculous amounts of money on an outfit you’ll wear one day a year just so you can beg strangers for candy.
Every year I say we will just make [...]

Latest teen hair fashion

Keaton and Justis got new hairdos. (Are they called hairdo’s on boys? Or is there some more manly term?) They are the latest in teen fashion.

The Fro! And the Mullet!
Oh, I kid. I got them these wigs for Halloween. I don’t buy them costumes anymore, but we were at the Halloween store buying costumes for [...]

4th of July family time

Our 4th of July usually starts with us getting up early to run in the big race downtown followed by us filling our tummies at the pancake breakfast. Then we come home, get in to our red, white and blue garb, spike the boys’ hair with colored gel, and paint the girls’ toenails with a [...]

The things we do for our kids…like stay up until 3am to hide Easter eggs

Today has been a very exhausting day. Since the kids are on Spring Break, I’ve been on vacation all week. But I have to say it hasn’t exactly been relaxing. We’ve been busy every day. We went to a movie and dinner one day. The next we went to a place called Enchanted Castle which [...]