Recently, I mentioned that we spent One Rainy Day in St. Louis. We have wanted to go to the St. Louis Zoo for a while now, but we planned our activities in the car while we drove, knowing it was probably going to rain all day. So we had to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, we took advantage of a school break to go Spring Camping in Missouri. It rained for a lot of the time we were gone, but I still loved getting away. The spring rain has made the flowers and trees sparkle with color this year, and … Continue reading
I’m sorry if you don’t live in The South right now because we are having our two weeks of perfect weather. (I exaggerate, but we really only get a few weeks of spring before it becomes brutally hot!) Since our family is on a Media Break (for Seven), we’ve been … Continue reading
Today I am super excited, because we are introducing our first Chino House Family Video: Family Cycling The Story Behind Our Video Simon and I frequently watch a sweet series of videos that Gabrielle Blair of Design Mom introduced of her family called Olive Us. (If you’ve never seen one, … Continue reading
Today we are teaming up with Compassion International for World Malaria Day, to bring awareness to the fact that half of the world’s population, 3.3 billion people are at risk for malaria. Ben and Simon got involved to help me create a Diary Of A Mosquito. Some of my kids … Continue reading
After we made our and ate our yummy gumbo for our fun family photo shoot with Whitney, we made cookies! These are my kids’ favorite sugar cookies! And we made them in the shape of our favorite state! Arkansas sugar cookies with Razorback red icing! Yum! I can remember when … Continue reading
My kids have been in the middle of standardized testing for the last two weeks, and I am feeling so grateful that today is the last day of it! We are definitely going to have to celebrate! I think a little ice cream party is in order this afternoon. Sprinkles, … Continue reading
Making Gumbo Together As A Family I’m continuing today with our family photos that I started posting last week. After we bought our groceries at Argenta Market, our family took our photo shoot to our house, where we made dinner together. Ben is cutting up some Petit Jean Smoked Sausage … Continue reading
I mentioned this week that I LOVE that when Whitney Loibner takes our pictures, she takes some of just us. (Taido and me) And some of just them. (The Kids) True story: Before Whitney started taking our pictures, I never liked photos of myself. I also had exactly ZERO framed … Continue reading
This year we went to Argenta Market for our family photos. Argenta is the Main Street District of our town and has been undergoing some revitalization for a number of years. One of the most fun developments was the addition of this darling local market. We pass this market every … Continue reading
