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! 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

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

Aloha! Here’s a little story about a persistent 3-year-old who likes to ride with me in the car when I check out “curb alerts” I see on Craigslist. One evening I saw a post on Craigslist for free lumber, and it was near my house. As I jumped in the car, my daughter begged to… Read more

This post contains affiliate links Aloha, I’ll keep today’s post short and sweet! I made these monthly Onesies (R)  as a baby shower gift for a friend of mine and then did some more for my own little guy and thought I’d share the printable here with you. The printables are for months 1-12, and I… Read more

In the past week, my kids have needed angel costumes on two different occasions. The first one was for our church’s nativity scene. I hadn’t given much thought to it and ended up Googling angel halo diy that day (yes, I’m a slacker) and eventually just making one out of a paper plate and aluminum… Read more

I have a confession…my front door was naked last Christmas. Yep. No wreath. I made new stockings for us and new ornaments and tons of homemade gifts for my kids, and I sort of skipped that part.  Honestly, I didn’t even miss is much! But this year I used most of the same decorations, so… Read more