Holiday

Easter is just around the corner, and there is so much to do in and around the Corpus Christi area! So we compiled a list of nearby Easter Egg Hunts and other fun activities to help your family have...

St. Patrick's Day is a pretty great holiday.  Everyone wears a bit of green to avoid getting pinched. Adults celebrate in various ways (beer laced with green food coloring.) And kids decorate shamrocks at school. Pinterest is a mecca of...

2017 is my family's year of attainable resolutions.  Our year started in Bend, Oregon at the base of Mt. Batchelor visiting family. It is an opposite world from Corpus Christi with snow banks that line the streets for the duration...

New Year's Resolutions -- Nay. Who was the founder of this silly, long-time tradition anyway? Probably some crazy, over-achiever, many moons ago, who thought it was a great idea to set some goals and stick to them.  For. A. Whole. Year. Okay... in...

Hanukkah this year shares the spotlight with Christmas and New Years running from the eve of December 24 through the eve of January 1.  The festival of lights (Hanukkah,) from a religious perspective, is a relatively minor one in the...

Yup. It's true. Right now, people all over are decorating, hustling and bustling. They're making lists and checking them twice. They're party hopping, putting up lights and taking Santa pictures. Our family is not among them. It always feels like the holidays...

The joys of motherhood often get lost in the daily drudgery of this little journey we call life.  It's hard to show gratitude when we're knee deep in diapers, bad attitudes and dirty dishes. The pile of dishes stacked beside...

I knew this day was coming ever since my husband's coworker told our daughter that Santa wasn't real. It made me angry. We were hoping she would enjoy the innocence of youth a while longer. It broke my heart...

I used to feel joyful and jubilant as the holidays approached, but a time came in my mothering years when the holidays approached and I literally cringed.  Some years, it seemed as if the Christmas season had become less...

Christmas is a time of magic. A joyous time, and a time for family. When it comes to decorating I like to switch it up every year. What's more fun than decorating? For me, nothing. I can decorate for...