So Much Stuff! The Day Getting Rid of It Became Really Hard
From the Archives: June 2010
This is from a series of blog posts I asked my wise and wonderful cousins to do years ago. Enjoy!
From the Archives: June 2010
This is from a series of blog posts I asked my wise and wonderful cousins to do years ago. Enjoy!
Here at Lily and Thistle, we are all about creativity at home. This is such a great first time sewing project for kids and newbies alike. Sewing is such a great way to make art because it’s usable! 🙂 If you are looking for more ways to get art and creativity into your life, join…
This poor blog has been neglected lately but I have big plans for updating more regularly this year. I thought I’d start by giving you a quick update: Update No. 1: We are here in Idaho! We are here and loving it. SO much still to unpack and do but we are making progress and…
From the Archives January 2012 The twins just had a birthday. Four years old now. I will spare you the “I can’t believe they have grown up so fast” commentary because it has gone fast but in a lot of ways it has been slow too. Today I have been thinking about what my…
Before we left for Colorado (did I tell you we are in Colorado? We’re having a great time with Jeff’s brother and family)…Jeff and I had been refreshing our Harry Potter memories with the help of Netflix almost nightly. I have a hard time just sitting and watching without moving my hands. This is what…
How thankful I am for His sacrifice. I know that he loves me and that because of His atonement, I can overcome my weaknesses and make lasting changes. I know that He lives! I hope this Easter is one of peace and remembrance for you and yours…what a gift we have all been given.
Laurel and Maisy by Grandma Dahl’s Stream Starr Valley, NV “There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
What a great post – your cousins family look gorgeous. I only have four children, but they ramge from nearly 13 down to 2, I know how she feels – so true that the only way to get a four year old to part with their treausres is secretly LOL we often have “Daddy put my car (old cardboard box, falling to bits from being hordered for weeks!) in the bin” tears from our Mr 4!
Nic xxx
Nic xxx
Thanks for that bit of advice. I feel myself looking back often too. It’s hard to give up some of those things, I know. I loved that family before and now I love them more! Thanks!
Britta
So true! My oldest is only 9, but I still see him discarding things from younger days and it makes me so sad. My 6 year old is a keeper and a trick that i have found works with her is to get her an art portfolio to manage her papers from school. As long as they fit in the folder she can keep them. If I find them on the ground or her dresser that means she didn’t want them! ;D
What a beautiful photo of a lovely family! I am being buried alive by a lifetime of collecting beautiful treasures that are mementos of my travels and adventures, not to mention the THOUSANDS of photos on camera cards that will doubtless be tossed in the garbage when I die! I’ve always wanted to print them into books by years, but now at my advanced age I’m just too tired. Generations from now would love to see my photos and read about my adventures but sadly, they will be lost to history just as so many before us have been forgotten. I wish you all the best in your choices and solutions! Just a suggestion: on any photos you have, write the FULL name of the person, the date, and their relationship to you… that is invaluable information to the dedicated descendant that will compile your geneology! Mary Scott, Delray Beach, FL