I have always loved reading a good book but it is definitely one of those activities that I have done less and less of over the years as time becomes harder to find.  I've never been really good at just reading a chapter or two per night - I kind of get obsessed with my books and can't seem to put them down until they are finished.  But recently I have started to get back into reading more {in a "less obsessed" way!} and try to find at least half an hour each day to enjoy some quiet ... Read More about Book Basket

For those of you that follow along on Facebook, you know that we are coming to an end of an era around these parts - the end of the beloved Disney Car and Thomas Train Era.  Yes, we are retiring our cars and trains and moving onto Lego.  This is a sad time for me as it is just one more sign of how quickly the boys are growing up.  I think I have more attachment to those toys than the boys do.  I have pretty much been in every Walmart and Target between here and Oregon ... Read More about Lego Storage

Hello! I hope you are all enjoying a fabulous weekend!  Has anyone been watching the closing ceremonies today?  I am sad to see the Olympics end but maybe now I can actually get something done around here!!So it was another wonderful week of link ups at last week's one year anniversary of The Creative Spark.   Thank-you so much to all of you for sharing your amazing talents!  It's always so much fun to see what you have been up to!  I really wish I had time to leave each and every one of you a ... Read More about My Sunday Sparks {No. 52}

I used to LOVE back to school shopping when I was a kid. Picking out which pencil box I wanted and organizing all of my supplies was one of the highlights of my summer!  Unfortunately, unless our shopping trip is restricted to the toys section, the boys do not share my love of shopping and I do not get much of a chance to re-live my glory days of back to school shopping.   But then we went to Walmart... Aren't these cute?  {I mean "cool"?}The boys loved them and got all excited ... Read More about Back to School Supplies