Pictures with Santa

I love the pictures we have taken with Santa throughout the years! Most of the time we can get the kids to all smile at the same time. Sometimes not. Sometimes there is one kid that is just grimacing enough to show that he is participating but not willingly. Most of the time we have…

Real or Fake (and I’m not talking about boobs, here)!

I love the smell of pine trees. I love the adventure of going to a tree farm (or in the woods) to find the “perfect” Christmas tree. I love the act of choosing and cutting it down and wrangling it into your car/onto your car roof. I love the entire ritual. My kids hate it.…

Frittatas Galore

Today’s blog post is a guest post is from Tiffany, who is one of my fellow Stanford Nutrition Study participants. We have been learning about nutrition, while concentrating on eating a low-fat based diet. One of the suggestions we received was to make frittatas for breakfast so we focus on eating good healthy food with…

My Grandmother’s Letter

Yesterday I published a guest blog in the form of a letter that my grandmother wrote in 2001 for my grandfather’s 80th birthday. It always makes me cry when I read it. I’m just floored by some of the observations and happenings it highlights. And I’m also perplexed by one glaring unspoken observation. My grandfather…