Moving can be a really exciting thing for your family. It can open new opportunities, introduce new friendships, and inspire adventure. It can also be very stressful for everyone. There's so much to do and plan and prepare for...especially with a house full of kids! It’s understandable to experience burnout, but as they say – fail to prepare, prepare to fail. There’s plenty you can do in ...
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What Does The Summer Heat Reveal About Your Home?
Summer is such a busy season, as is the spring that leads up to it. In all the madness of the end of the school year and the going and coming that baseball games, church camps, and family vacations bring, it be difficult to do everything we need to do to get our homes ready for summer. Sometimes we miss a trick and forget all about a few key elements that can help keep our homes cool in the heat ...
How to Make a Birthday Magical
There’s a funny thing about kids’ birthday parties. You can spend three hours agonizing over the perfect dinosaur theme (let alone any theme to be honest), order custom balloons, match every napkin to the cupcake frosting, and still... It’s the moment someone accidentally trips into the gift table that gets talked about for months. While that sounds like a scene from a bad movie, some sort of ...
DIY and Overachievers – When to Do It Yourself and When to Ask for Help
I have a terrible habit of not always looking before I leap. I get an ounce of inspiration, and I'm off. Sometimes, the results are good. No, sometimes, they are great. Give me just a minute while I try to think of an example... Other times, I get in way over my head, way faster than I realized I would. Like the time I decided the old linoleum floor in the laundry room needed to go. ...