Summer is almost here! Things are winding down in the classroom, the weather is warmer and it’s single-digit work days before school is out for summer. I am super excited to spend summer with the boys and have been thinking of all the things we want to do. Then I remembered The Happy Family Movement Summer Bucket List Challenge. Truth time: I was a happy family flop last year. I signed up for the ...
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ROAD TRIP: DRIVE DAY + YELLOWSTONE
Welcome to our Road Trip Series! If you are just joining, start here or scroll down for links to all the Road Trip Series posts. Drive Day Our first day was a long drive day. We drove from our home near Seattle to Bozeman, MT. We had a few different reasons for this. First, I knew we'd all be really excited and that excitement means that boredom and whining would be at a minimum. It worked. The ...
ONWARD AND UPWARD
Hello! Oh, my gosh. I'm so excited to start this new blog. I've been wanting to do it for a few months because while I love the work I did for Jennifer Witt Photography, it's not a business anymore. I enjoy photography but learned my lesson that it is a better hobby than business. It kind of took all the fun of out of it when I worried about what the clients would like/not like, ...
OUR MADELINE ISLAND VACATION
I went to Madeline Island when I was little and I still remember riding the ferry over and the captain letting me look in the wheel house. I remember my parents telling me and my sister that the water was too cold to swim in but we did get to feed the ducks. We fed them Cheetos, actually, and one of the ducks bit my sister’s finger. It’s funny the things we remember from our ...
WHO’S READY FOR SOME PINSPIRATION
I know you're all already signed up for The Happy Family Movement's Summer Bucket List Challenge (SBLC), right? If not, you still have time to head on over and sign-up! Need some more convincing? Check out our 2013 summer bucket list! If you've done the SBLC in the past, you may notice some exciting changes for this year. This year there is a brand spankin' new SBLC Facebook Community. Here you ...
RAISING EMPOWERED CHILDREN
This is not going to be the most feel-good post. It's not the most feel-good topic. However, I feel like it's a topic that I need to address and it's a topic that needs to be talked about, openly and honestly, no matter how uncomfortable it is for us. So, for today, for just this one post with a more serious tone, hang with me and maybe you'll read something that you could be helpful to ...