Here are some wet and wild summer activities for your kids!

Wet ‘N Wild

I know that school is starting soon in many areas around the country. School signals the end of the summer.  But not necessarily the end of hot weather. I remember many days at the beginning of the school year in elementary school of being sweaty and sticking to the wooden […]

Skype with family members who live far away.

A Skype-ing Grandma

The other day I chatted with a good friend who used to be a professor here at the university where I work. She told me how she absolutely loves Skype — and then she shared how she uses it. After chatting with her, I checked out my posts here on […]

Easiest ever fruit cobler!

Easiest Ever Fruit Cobbler

On the Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I went camping with another family in Southern Utah near Bryce Canyon.  Before we left, I warned them that when the Lewis’s go camping it rains. True to form, it rained. I was planning on making a Dutch Oven apple cobbler for […]

Great Themes for a Child’s Birthday

I ride public transportation to work. At times, it has its good points. Yesterday while riding the bus, the lady who sat by me shared what she was doing this week with a grandchild. She and her husband were doing an ‘Eleven is Heaven’ birthday activity with a grandson. Eleven […]