thanksgiving weekend 2018

I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing, tradition filled weekend. The Shaver Crew’s Thanksgiving weekend was a mix of nontraditional and traditional.   Wednesday night, Rick & Michelle decided to drive to Illinois to celebrate Thanksgiving with Michelle’s family and they offered to take Rylie and Emmaline with them. Aaron and I accepted their […]

a toy story weekend

Our family’s rule is there is no TV/iPad/media/etc. for the kids. At their current age, they do not need it. However, some exceptions to that rule is if we are doing it together as a family (we’ll usually end our Sabbath with a family movie) or if they are sick. With sickness hitting the girls […]

the wooden kitchen

Rylie was gifted a beautiful wooden kitchen from her grandparents (Rick + Michelle) for her birthday, and knowing it might take some time, we postponed putting it together until we knew we had a chill day at home. So when Saturday (11.17.18) came around with absolutely no plans but to stay home, we brought the […]

book box subscription

Between birthdays, Christmas and random “I want to give them a gift!” occasions, I know you have a list of kiddos in your life with a wish list asking for the latest toy, video game, or straight up cash. Those things are great, but how many toys and video games do kids really need? What […]