Usually for Easter, we drive far, far away. Hey, Dana Point can sometimes take like 3 hours! This year we stayed pretty local and visited family in Chatsworth. It was a lovely day except for the fact that Stevie skipped his nap. So he was just plain ol’ angry. A grumpy old man in a…
In case you hadn’t heard, driving from SoCal to Southern Mizz is no joke. I’m just going to start calling Missouri “Mizz”. Because why not. We rented a minivan, or – as my stepdad likes to call it – a Mormon Assault Vehicle so that we could have a little more space. Five hours into…
This post is a little difficult for me to write without getting a bit choked up. We just returned from an amazing weekend in Sacramento visiting family – I only wish it were under different circumstances. My dear Aunt Sheila has been sick with breast cancer. This is her second battle with it in the…
This day was just nuts. Paul and I must have been off our game, because everything seemed to go wrong. We had a great time when it was all said and done, obvi, but wouldn’t blame our friends if they never wanted to hang out with us again! They were visiting from Utah and had…
Sometimes a little trip to the country is good for the soul. We get to see family and friends, we get to enjoy the big beautiful outdoors, we get to eat 5 Guys with fry sauce, we get to jump and run and play and laugh. Happy. Headed home…
I know. I was just complaining about the weather like 30 seconds ago. It’s too hot. I don’t like warm days in the middle of January. I want to wear my scarves and sweaters. Blah, blah, blah. Then we went to the west side of town. Wow. What a gorgeous day to be outside. We…
In true me-fashion, I had to squeeze in one more thing before Paul headed back to work after the holiday break. I figured with the Los Angeles Zoo being so close, we might as well take Stevie to see how he would like it. I didn’t really have high hopes. I remembered taking my nephew around this age,…
The week after Christmas, all of us caught a yucky cold dashing any and all plans of traveling for the holiday break. As someone who always wants to go somewhere, I had to find ways to make up for our down time. One of those ways was to go see snow! I wanted to go…
I don’t like shopping at the last minute. And by “last-minute” I mean any holiday gift shopping after December 15th. I just like having it organized and getting all the packages sent at a reasonable time so its off my plate and my recipients actually get things before Christmas Day. I pride myself on good…
It was a Wednesday afternoon. I had to return some things at Zara and Nordstrom. I knew if we went to the stores at The Grove in LA, we’d at least see some Christmas lights. Since I’m working on my holiday cheer, I thought it might be fun to make an evening out of it!…