This past weekend our ward had a Valentine’s Day Dance and it was… killer. This ward is one of my favorites ever and I’ll be so sad to leave. (If you come here for UofC, don’t live in the South Loop, live down in Hyde Park specifically so you can be a part of this [...]

This year I tried to simplify a little bit (it was still a lot of work, Christmas cards are always a lot of work). I wrote up the letter below, printed it on printer paper, folded it into third, and tucked in a filmstrip of three photos, two of which you can see below. Last [...]

I’m not crafty. How many craft tutorials have you seen on That Wife. 1, maybe? This is why successively completing even the simplest crafts make me feel rather clever. Here is my Christmas card wreath. You’ve probably seen a similar one by Martha Stewart on Pinterest, which is where I got the idea.   I found an ugly embroidery [...]

Last year I mentioned that we wouldn’t be “doing santa” in our house. I was tweeting back and forth with some people yesterday and enjoyed the interaction so much I thought I’d turn it into a post. This topic, as  I’ve found, is very controversial.  First, because people say that Christmas isn’t magic without Santa, [...]

This year was my first attempt at hosting Thanksgiving. We emailed some friends (they have a son the same age as ours, the husband is in business school, and the wife is one of my favorite people in the area (oh, and they just got back from Italy as well!)) and they agreed to come [...]