So tomorrow is the big day around these parts! The first day of school! And we’ve been making preparations.

Normally people celebrate their wedding anniversaries, but this year Chad and I decided to celebrate our engagement anniversary as well. See, we got engaged on August 13, 1999 which was 13 years ago!  So we decided to celebrate 13 years on the 13th by revisiting our engagement night.  We copied…

Summer is winding down and I realized I still have some big summer events that I haven’t blogged about yet. Where did the summer go? One of our favorite summer memories was our Erickson Cousin Camp. This was the first time we had Cousin Camp and we hosted it at our house.

Elle made up a fun game with her siblings this summer called “How Well Do You Know Me?” One person says “How well do you know me? and then asks a question about himself/herself. Like…

One of my favorite memories is that my mom used to always make orange julius and popcorn on Sunday nights when I was a kid. My mom said the sweet and salty combo was cheap and easy and filling. And she usually had the ingredients on hand. I loved it then and wanted to pass the yummy tradition onto my kids.

Our family headed to Sacramento, California in June.  Chad’s brother lives there with his family and they were blessing their baby.  We have made the trip to Sacramento a few times, but this time we decided to go by train just for an adventure.  As Locke would say, Choo! Choo!…