Thanksgiving Day Parade
I love the winter holidays. I love Christmas shopping for my family. I love the magic of Santa Claus. And I love that my husband has more time to be home during the winter months. It's so nice to have him home with the kids and I.This picture is an example of what I love about having Tom home. On this Thanksgiving morning he was feeding the kids toast for breakfast a

Style Series: Lily dresses Coco
Never trust a quiet child in there room with the door shut.I think it's time to start saving for Lily to go to one of those fancy art schools.

Style Series
Recently Lily wore my swimming goggles to school. She told me it was because she was concerned about air pollution. Along with the swimming goggles, her outfit in this picture includes: a white turtleneck, a black tank top with angel wings on the back, red leggings with silver hearts on them, and a pink tutu.

Oh My! Oh My!
What have we gotten ourselves into? Yesterday Coco came for another visit, to play outside and to get to know us better. They asked if we would like to have her stay for a couple of hours just on our own. I thought th

Dog Days Part 3
I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seat wondering what is going on at the Stivers' house regarding the dog. Well, a lot has changed since my last post. However, I'd like to explain myself before I tell you what's gone down. I am passionate, sometimes to a fault. I become consumed with exciting things happening in my life and I fall in love easily. I'm a romantic, and an idealist. I can make anything sound like it's the best idea I've ever had when thinking to myself about something. That's what happened with Macy. Tom and I agreed that we were going to get a dog...and then he left for a three day hunting trip. We talked a few times here and there about the dog search. However, everyti