Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. My entire family gets together to eat, laugh, talk and play games. There is only one problem...it's THIS week!
Most of feel like we don't get enough time with our families but I would hope that we get more than one hour of quality time without families. Although, when I think about everything that happens during the week: work, school, school activities, sports, homework etc...
The modern parents are juggling a lot of things. Most parents both work. Most kids are involved in some sort of extra curricular activity, or have 3 hours of homework.
Winter in Southern Idaho can seem really long. Little kids can't be outside for long periods of times in the winter. Cabin Fever is guaranteed to set in at some point.
Unless you are an angst-ridden teenager you probably enjoy spending time with your family. Even though we love our parents and brothers and sisters - that does not mean we get along all the time and that we enjoy long amounts of time together.
Supposedly, Christmas is a time of pure happiness and love...but in reality there are a few things that we hate about the holidays. Especially when family comes to visit! Here are the ten worst things about the holidays.
This study just seems silly to me. If you ask almost anybody in the world who the nicest person is in their family, the answer will be their mom. This doesn't mean that a mom can't be mean or that they are nice all the time...just that moms are the nicest member of the family more often than everybody else.
Part of the tradition and excitement of Christmas is the building of gingerbread houses. Building a good house requires three things - building materials for the walls and roof, sticky frosting to hold it together, and a lot of candy! If you haven't built one yet, there is still plenty of time to plan a gingerbread house party.
Three years ago, my wife and I took the steps to become Foster Parents. Almost immediately after finishing the training, and because of the classes, we were able to adopt a newborn boy! While the goal of foster care is to eventually reunite the children with their parents once the parent is fit to take care of them, there are a few sad cases where that isn't possible. This Friday, you can find out