When I was like 8 years old I entered my name in a little giveaway at my local CB Foods Store (totally small town – shout out to White Bluff!) to win a basketball. I won. Huge deal to a little kid. The contest was sponsored by a snack cake company (what’s the one with the […]
Tag Archives: Our Modern Home
The Christmas Tree Farm
We headed out to the Okatie Christmas Tree Farm on Saturday to pick out our christmas tree. Does anyone else think about the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation when they think about cutting down a live tree? Yeah. It was nothing like that. Still fun though. Here are a few shots from our day: Ezra wanted […]
To tree or not to tree
When we moved from out west we sold our house furnished. We ended up leaving a few other things to that we didn’t have room for in the truck. One of which was the Christmas tree. We’ve been treeless for the past four Christmases. I prefer artificial trees over live trees simply because it seems […]
Landscaping
This past weekend was the first weekend in a couple of months that I had Brad all to myself – no work project deadlines, no client meetings scheduled, no nothing. He was asked to help move a new military family in the ward, but I put my foot down. Selfish? Maybe… but I’ve got a […]
If you have a moment…
This isn’t something I would normally blog about here, but I’d like to take a minute to spread the word about a fundraising opportunity for Haitian Roots. Haitian Roots is an organization that our family (along with our extended family) became involved with last year. They’re a 501(c)(3) charitable organization who’s main focus is to […]