Category Archives: AllMomDoes

I started wearing make-up early in life. At first, I had to wear it for the ballet performances I was in.  My ballet teacher lived and breathed dance, and because she had been a prima ...

Not too many years ago it seemed like I was going to a wedding every other weekend. I recall a coworker commenting how now I was in the “wedding season” of life, and soon enough I would fi...

I love Christmas, but I don’t know anyone who gets as excited about Christmas as my husband. He starts the countdown for next year on December 26th. He breaks out the Christmas music the day aft...

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savio...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.And expensive.And complicated.And busy. And, for me, as the CEO of a large tribe with an even larger extended tribe scattered across a 1,000 m...

Our family isn't an elf-on-the-shelfer type family. I can't really get my act together and, to be totally honest with you all, I find the elf a bit creepy. I don't really like the thought of a little ...

I’ve always been more of an inside kind of girl. Well, not totally inside. I love riding quads (on trails where I won’t get too dirty) and I love hikes (as long as it doesn&rsqu...

When I was a child, I loved the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  They always felt like a combination of torturously slow-moving hours and exhilarating speed as we moved closer to Christm...

I've shared that I love all things about Christmas. All things related to the actual meaning of Christmas and those things that take us astray like Santa, cheesy movies and egg nog lattes. As Thanksgi...

The pace of the holidays can be crazy. How can we take a Sabbath approach to this season? Here's Step 2 - can you do it??? Learn about Step 1 here, and come back next Monday for the final i...