Oh, those summer days — filled with warm sunshine, family memories, and the sights and scents of the season. In this week’s vlog, get a peek into our Friday night family campouts, fun times at the local drive-in theater, one of my patriotic holiday shopping hauls, an outdoor chat with me and Ezrah, picking ...
family traditions
A Day In The Life: Making Valentine’s Day Gift Packs For The Cousins
We have this yearly Valentine's Day tradition in our family where the cousins put together fun Valentine's Day gift packs for each other and mail them out via snail mail. Now, I don't know about you, but I love getting fun, surprises in the mail! (It sure beats bills! Am I right?) And my kids are no different. My ...
A Day In The Life: The 2016 Appalachian Fair
This past week, the whole Visser family (all 34 of us) went to the Appalachian Fair in Gray, TN... one of our many yearly traditions. We always look forward to this event at the end of August, and this year makes our (my and Dean's) 15th year of going together. When we were in high school, we couldn't wait to ...
It’s Cousin’s Party Time!!
It's that time of the year! The time for the annual Cousin's Party! It's THE event of the summer for our big family. The adults plan for it months in advance, the kids look forward to it all year, and once all is said and done, we all sleep really well! Today, I'd like to share a bit about our family, how ...
Afternoon Tea: Gluten-Free Rosemary Butter Cookies & Remembrance Tea
Welcome, mama! Won't you join me for some afternoon tea? Today we're having gluten-free Rosemary Butter Cookies and Remembrance Tea. And yes, of course, I'll share the recipes with you! While we're munching on cookies and sipping our tea, I'd love to tell you how this little tea time tradition developed in ...
