Posted December 4, 2020
Ahh, budget and gifts…two words that couldn’t be harder to put together. Or is it just me? As we officially begin the holiday season I have lots of people ask me how we do Christmas in our family. After all, with 5 kids it has the potential to both break… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 13, 2020
“I can’t fix this.” I looked over at my 14-year-old son the other day and had to say something that broke my heart. “I can’t fix this, I can’t make this better, and I can’t do this for you.” Several weeks ago he broke his arm, and now has two… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted October 9, 2020
Broken bones and blessings…holy cow has it been a week. I had other things planned to post about this week (after all it IS our 7 year anniversary of the blog this month) but I didn’t feel like it would be right to talk about all things I had planned… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted September 1, 2020
I think that the most stressful part of family pictures is learning how to pick the perfect outfits for your family pictures…especially with a big family like ours! We recently had our family pictures taken by the always amazing Erin Potter. She has been taking our pictures for ten years… Read More »
Categories: Fashion, Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Wife Style
Posted August 21, 2020
All five of the Cowkids are in school. It’s the first time I’ve been without a kid at home with me for over 14 years. The truth is…I’m not really adjusting. Don’t get me wrong, I went for a hike, had a coffee with a friend, and actually was able… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted April 28, 2020
Special times call for special measures. I’m a firm believer in this phrase, and have seen it’s truth come up over and over again in my life. When we have a brand new baby, it’s time to ignore everything but keeping kids alive. Mac N’ Cheese for dinner three nights… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted April 7, 2020
As hard as this quarantine time is on adults, I think it’s safe to say it’s equally hard, if not harder for our Teens and Tweens. Teens and tweens are working hard to grow away from their parents (which while hard is 100% what they are supposed to be doing).… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted March 13, 2020
Take a break. Three words, and really, it sounds so easy. Stressed out from work, take a break. Exhausted from being up all night with the baby, take a break. Totally over running kids to 564 practices…take a break! But moms know that it’s simply not that easy. Heck, we… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted February 22, 2020
A few weeks ago one of my friends sent me a text with a link to an audible book and told me “Loved it, it gave me some peace of mind and great tools.” We’ve been good friends since high school so I totally trust her opinion. She has a… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Parenting
Posted January 7, 2020
The other day I was having some tech issues. I don’t know why, but stuff that like that always makes me beyond pissed. I was spending well over three hours (and actually it turned into two days) working on a project that I had planned on taking an hour or… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
