Easter and a Birthday: A Letter to My Teen Son

Happy Easter, y’all! What a glorious day. What a glorious savior. I pray your Lent was fruitful, your Holy Week blessed and Easter full of triumphant joy. It won’t happen often (if ever again), but our oldest has his birthday today. On Easter! How crazy awesome is that? He’s used to having the “Lent birthday”…

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A Stellar Star Wars Birthday Bash

Have a Star Wars fanatic on your hands? This party is full of fun food ideas, party games, decorations and party favors to make your next galactic shin dig a total blast.

Star Wars. The theme we loved so much we partied twice. Shortly after the first Star Wars shindig, John Paul said, “Wouldn’t that be fun to do for mine?” Yes, yes it would. Honest point of planning though – doing a party for 100 was much easier than for 10. I think it was all…

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90 Years Young

Y’all know how much I like to party. Earlier this year, my mom had the brilliant idea to throw her dad (my grandfather) a surprise 90th birthday party. It had all the feels. He knew a few family members were coming, but he had no idea nearly 100 people would show up and help him…

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May the Party Be With You: A Star Wars Shindig

Have a Star Wars fan in your life? This party is full of food ideas, party games, fun details and creative party favors to make your Jedi Knight one happy boy or girl.

I hear there’s a small, low-budget film coming out today. {insert all the crying laughing emojis} Star Wars has been a film for the ages, literally. Just about every boy I know (and his dad) loves the film and all those Yoda quotes. Throw in a light saber war and they’re fans for life. But, this…

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The 10-Year-Old Trip to Chicago: Part Three

When our children turn ten, we treat them to a 10-year-old trip. To catch up on the full story with Anna-Laura, read parts one and two. Last time, we loved on some art, some architecture and some Dominican Sisters. Our final day, we had no choice but to go big! We started our day early…

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