Valentine’s Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I can sill vividly remember the excitement of receiving valentines and decorating boxes in elementary school.  The excitement would mount each year through middle and high school.  It is a fun, pitter patter kind of day. My family adores brownies of any kind. This picture [...]

  This is such a special time of year. The weekends are jam packed with activities, festivities and lots of great food. On Saturday, we had a wonderful lunch at The Webster House followed by a performance of The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center. What a magical afternoon. We celebrated my husband’s birthday with our [...]

  Please don’t look too closely at your calendar and please don’t judge me. Yes, it is before Thanksgiving and yes, our house is completely decorated for the holidays. We are ready to enjoy the season! After looking at our calendars, travel schedules, recitals, church music programs, youth retreats, work deadlines, birthdays and many other [...]

It is that time of year once again.  Bittersweet at our house.  Where did the summer go? Is it really time for school to begin? Each year flies  by faster than the one before and that old familiar melancholy feeling returns.