Attempting Aloha

Aloha! We’re in the final stretch before Mother’s Day weekend, and I wanted to share this poem that I wrote a few years ago (8!!)  Having lived all over the world, we’ve been away from “family” for almost our entire 15 years of marriage. Without fail, we always seem to adopt some grandmas and aunties… Read more

Some of you may know that my husband is in the military. He was deployed for 10 months a couple years ago, and I wrote this at that time. I’ve decided being the spouse of a deployed soldier is like the military throwing you on a treadmill and telling you to run a marathon. The… Read more

This post contains affiliate links. We do LOTS of crafts at my house. My kids have grown up around power tools, paint, and glue sticks. SOOO…I let my kids to crafts that aren’t your typical “kid crafts”. Today we were building and painting. Oh, and gluing. 🙂 It was a super easy project. We just… Read more

Aloha! I’m getting ready for a Halloween party here in Italy this week, and with the combination of languages, I was afraid the other version of BINGO might just be a little too much for this group. We also have quite a few really young kids, so I wanted something that wouldn’t take as much… Read more

Aloha! Well the Christmas season has arrived in Italy! We brought a little of it with us, and I am excited to spend a few of them here in this beautiful country. 🙂 I made our family theses burlap stockings a couple years ago, and I have loved them, but they’ve been really generic without… Read more

Aloha! I’m writing this post ahead of time, but by the time it goes live, I WILL BE IN ITALY!!! YAY!!!!!!! Even though I’m now living in Italy, I’m still trying to live an “aloha life”, and a chunk of my heart is still in Hawaii. So today’s post is perfect. I’m representing Hawaii in… Read more

Well, folks, I finally jumped on the Silhouette bandwagon. Are you hooked yet?  This was my first project, and I am amazed!  It took me a minute to get it figured out and able to do what I wanted, but once it started cutting all those letters out, I just wanted to sit and watch… Read more

Spring cleaning has been on my mind lots this month, so when I saw this week’s “spring” theme, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. My girls have lots of “treasures” that they just have to keep and love to collect. Where do they like to keep them? Oh, you know…right on their dressers…. Read more

Aloha! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. It does not cost you the customer. It is simply a way to help compensate for my time in creating these blog posts. All opinions are my own. What do you do when it’s Friday night, and your 4-year-old has a birthday party to attend the next day,… Read more

Okay, friends. Here’s the skinny. I’m trying to clean out and organize my craft stuff, and it’s just ridiculously embarrassing. My husband is sick of all my crap, and I have duplicates of many things, SOOOOO…some other bloggers and I have joined forces to bring you an amazing giveaway! Amy at A Nest For All… Read more