8 Handmade Xmas Present Ideas

Hey, the holiday spirit is starting to hit me and I’ve been thinking about ideas for handmade Christmas gifts.
We have fun coming up with new holiday creations every year and I always love getting handmade gifts.  If you have some more ideas, please share them with us.

Gifts in a jar
These are great for cookies and [...]

Thanksgiving & Being Grateful

Today we were busy baking pies for Thanksgiving, which we’re celebrating this weekend.  There are at least 35 family members that travel up north to our aunt and uncle’s home to be together.  It’s something we’ve been doing since I was a child and everyone looks forward to it.
All year our children talk about it [...]

Playing & Picnicking at Canada’s Wonderland

Our family went to Canada’s Wonderland yesterday (Tuesday) thinking it might not be too busy. Wrong.
Luckily we did land in there early so the kids weren’t stuck waiting for hours to get on the Behemoth. If you haven’t heard of the Behemoth, it’s an insane roller coaster that loops and speeds all over the place [...]

Happy 4th of July & Grand Funk Railroad

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and Americans are enjoying the festivities. We had our Canadian celebration on July 1. We had a yummy picnic in the park and went for a hike in the woods. Later we saw fireworks going off everywhere including our parking lot.
I packed sandwiches, butter tart squares [...]