During our visit to the Festival of Trees -- Lilly and I visited the Gingerbread Village. I didn't realize they would have an entire ...

The official start to the Holidays is Thanksgiving. This year, Lilly and I spent the Sunday afternoon, after Thanksgiving, visiting the F...

Last Saturday, Lilly and I went to see A Christmas Story at the Music Guild in Moline, Illinois. On our way home -- we drove past the 19th ...

Dear Blog Readers, I love Mondays. There's LAUNDRY...!! Carrie usually comes to help me do some major work in the house. Last week, ...

Christmas brings out the best in people. Every town in America has a Toys for Tots drive. Churches put together food baskets for struggling ...

If you live in Iowa, whether you like it or not -- politics is a big part of your life. The "Candidates"have been circling their w...

Two years ago, I took Lilly and Amy's three boys to the Figge Museum for a Gingerbread house event... We had a wonderful time.  They...