August is here and our family’s schedules are filling up fast! One of the best ways we’ve found we can maximize those small windows of quality time together is to plan ahead. Mapping out regular decisions—like what’s for dinner—not only eases our daily mental load, but it cuts down time spent in grocery stores, searching […]

This year, planning for Easter festivities is a bit different than anything we have ever experienced. A couple of months ago as we looked ahead to Easter Sunday, we envisioned sitting on the brick patio in Mimi’s backyard while our one year olds crawled around and the older kids searched high and low for carefully […]