Dear Family and Friends, We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We hope your year has been full of successes, but a few challenges just to keep you on your toes. 2013 has been good to us. It’s been a year of opportunity and new experiences. We are all in […]
We’re ready! Bring on the egg nog. Let the kids write Santa a letter. Let’s bake and bake. We’re ready for the Christmas season. After arriving home today from Oregon for Thanksgiving, we completed our Christmas decorating by visiting the Stockard Family Christmas Tree Farm to select a good ‘ol fashion Christmas tree for the […]
We did the annual trek to Yamhill County, Oregon where Laura’s parents live. I say annual because Thanksgiving is the holiday we spend with her family each year (with the exception of a couple years). Christmas is one we rotate we each year between her side and my side. We did the almost 7 hour […]
Sorry Christmas tree farms, you don’t have a thing on today’s pumpkin patch. Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas and will always select my Christmas tree from a tree farm or a national forest, but it’s kind of a boring experience to go and cut a tree. I agree that just selecting a pumpkin […]
Throughout the year you could find some sort of holiday music being played in our house. Why celebrate the most wonderful time of year only once a year when you can set the mood early and often. In that spirit, we headed out yesterday and selected our Christmas tree. Usually we head out the week […]
[Did Pinterest bring you here? Perhaps a blog post on children’s Halloween costumes? John Deere inspiration? Welcome. This is by far our most popular post, especially in September and October. Ask questions!] John Deere Tractor Costume (Halloween 2009) All kids love John Deere Tractors. Ethan wanted to take his interest in John Deere to the […]
