meet ollie | our “elf on the shelf”

Pin It Does “Elf on the Shelf” visit your home? This was the first year that he made an appearance at our home and we are having a blast getting to know Ollie and seeing what antics he’s been up to after we wake up each morning. The evening we set up our Christmas tree [...]

photo challenge | furry faces

This week at I Heart Faces we’re celebrating the special pets in our lives with a photo challenge theme of “Furry Faces.”  Feel free to enter a photo of any type of critter though if you’d like to participate. After saying a sad goodbye to a different beloved pet this week, our family has been [...]

saying goodbye

This week was a sad one here at The Arthur Clan. My very first pet that I could call my own was a miniature black poodle named Molly.  Eighteen years ago, before Bill and I had even officially tied the knot, I began begging and pleading with him to let us get our very own [...]

photo challenge | on your feet!

I Heart Faces is focusing on feet this week instead of faces…so fun! Enter your photo by Tuesday at 9:00 pm CST.

photo challenge | bust a gut!

When I began thinking about what photo I wanted to enter into the I Heart Faces “Bust a Gut!” photo challenge this week, I realized that all I needed to do to capture fantastic laughter was to get my boys into a tickling match. And so “Ticklemania 2011″ (version 3,952) ensued in our family room [...]

happy thanksgiving!

Pin It Weslea got really crafty this morning and worked on several Thanksgiving projects for the big dinner we hosted in our home for my family. Willow, our black lab, was a beneficiary of one of Weslea’s crafty creations.  It would be putting it mildly to say that she was NOT thrilled at all, but [...]