Stephanie Vetne

As I sit here with my daughter on the couch and we share strep throat, I can’t help but think back on this year.  It was simply not a good one for us.  And, yes, that’s an understatement.  I refuse to whine about it anymore, though.  I have to believe that thinking positively will eventually… Read more

Here is it the 29th of December and Christmas is just now over for us!  My mom was here visiting from Maine and it was such a nice, long, relaxing week.  It felt like Christmas lasted for a week.  We woke up late every morning, my Mom took the kids downstairs for a tea party… Read more

Christmas Eve is here and I think this is maybe my favorite day of the entire season.  The anticipation is building by the minute and my kids are sooooooo happy and soooooo excited!  Emily said yesterday that there was only 1 day left until Christmas.  I corrected her.  And her reply was, "No, Mom, Christmas… Read more

I’m taking Shimelle’s Journal your Christmas class and loving it!  Yes, I’m behind, and yes, I’m not working on HOF or getting much else done, but taking this class is truly keeping me in the Christmas spirit.  I’m taking pictures along with the journal and I love the idea of documenting the Christmas season literally… Read more

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I think I’ve finally found the Christmas spirit!  And I think I found it in a most unexpected place. Church.  I have a funny relationship with the Catholic Church – one that it too long a story for today, but suffice it to say that I didn’t expect to find the Christmas spirit there.  Today… Read more

Okay, this year has sucked for our family.  No doubt about it.  We’ve all had major illnesses – big-time, even life and death health stuff going on.  Today was a yucky health day.  Whatever bug that Elizabeth had on Saturday that almost caused her party to be canceled was shared among the family today.  I… Read more

Elizabeth is 5!!!!  The party came sooooooo close to being canceled, but she prevailed and a great time was had by all!  She is feeling great, is back to school, and dutifully passed it on to me.  Figures.  But, as you can see, she is a very happy 5 year old and that’s what matters! Read more

busy, busy, super-busy week Elizabeth’s 5th birthday started taking Shimelle’s journal your Christmas class am already 2 days behind on the 3rd day of the class (can see pages in album to the left) sick birthday girl – up all night being sick may have to cancel Sunday’s gymnastics party exhausted and overwhelmed Momma devastated… Read more