Blog Posts - Family Traditions

It's a grand and groovy ...  zippity doo dah day in the canyon this morning....and I'm almost going to have to try to break my own record for short blogs...beCAUSE my day starts in the squad car at about 8am this morning...and I won't be looking...

I have an unstoppable family – do you? Unstoppable families are always on the move, which makes it so important to capture memories as they happen. I don’t know about you, but I love pictures that...

Fall is finally here and with it brings the great fun of pumpkins. My kids and I have been reading books on pumpkins, counting pumpkins and seeds, carving pumpkins, and enjoying the most wonderful aroma of homemade baked pumpkin pies and seeds.&...

A family therapist, Murray Bowen, believes that you can understand a family and a person within that family unit when you investigate and analyze their past three generations.  While not everything is biologically inherited, nor is everything a...

There’s so much to know to be a good mother that young moms can’t know it all. They can learn it from their kids and from other moms. Here’s ten things I wish I knew, or I discovered along the way. 1. Time is short, even though it f...

Back-to-school is one of my favorite times of the year.  It seems like such a fresh start with wonderful possibilities to me.  I remember as a child always being excited when it was time to return to school each fall, and I want my children...

That scene illustrates the demands of parenthood, how one person can't fulfill a child's every need, and the value of partnership.

I’ve enjoyed reading the Chicken Soup for the Soul books for a long time and now, I have a favorite.  I recently received Chicken Soup for the Soul: Food and Love and I really like it a lot!  Not only does it share personal stories, but it al...

The evolution of holidays can be a little comical. Who would have guessed that when the Indians (AKA politically correct Native Americans) held a welcome dinner for their new neighbors – the Pilgrims – that that nearly 400 years later … Con...

Well, that was fast. Shortly after announcing that Monégasque princess Charlotte Casiraghi would lend her royal visage to Gucci, here she is staring — but neglecting to smize in a typical amateur move — with a scarf tied about her head…in a st...

When you have a child this is not what you picture your child sleeping in each night by your bed side. Many mothers scour the internet, baby stores, and catalogs for that prefect soft, and peaceful place for their newborn to lay their head. This is a...

The best defense against drug/alcohol abuse is a good offense: Prevention. This takes time and attention over decades. YES decades. Parenting is not for the weak or faint-hearted. We hold a vision for what we want our kids to become for a long time.

Bah Humbug!  Or should I say Rotten Bananas? I am starting to think that it is genetically impossible for anyone in this family to make a custard or cream pie that sets properly.  The custard pie-setting gene has yet to be discovered but there is n...

OK, what about those New Year traditions? What does New Year's mean to you? First of all it's definitely about Auld Lang Syne. It's one of the most popular songs for New Year's Eve. It's... It's not much, but can you believe...

It's National • Watermelon • Day!! How will you celebrate?

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