Category: Family & Friends

  • I Love You, Batman

    I Love You, Batman

    If you’ve spent any time at all around our two and a half year old Joy, you know one thing. Girl is obsessed with super heroes. I’m not even exaggerating. Here she is on Phil’s first day of Kindergarten just a couple of weeks ago, wearing her favorite thing. We got this Batman dress from…

  • Drawing Robots with Phil

    Drawing Robots with Phil

    There’s a few different movie theaters doing cheap summer movies this year, and like a nerd I found the full list, cross referenced each theater’s offerings with each other and my husband’s work schedule, and came up with our ultimate cheap movie agenda. We saw The Iron Giant on the big screen this week, and…

  • Happy New Year, you party animals!

    Here we are, at the end of another year! 2015’s been good to our family. Phil started school with a vengeance, and is rocking our socks off with how much he’s learned in fi- OH MY LORD HE’S BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR FIVE MONTHS ALREADY. We had tons of great projects, and saw our second…

  • How to Make a Cute Father/Daughter Masha and the Bear Halloween Costume

    You guys. I am so stoked that we were able to pull together this year’s genius family Halloween costume!!! We’ve had a few awesome ideas over the past two months thanks to Phil coming up with something different to dress up as every three seconds. (Some of those ideas were comedy gold, and I’m keeping them…

  • How to Make a Difference in Your Community

    Science fact – giving makes you feel good. Ok maybe that’s not backed up by any actual scientific findings. But it’s true, isn’t it? We feel better about life in general when we help others. If you wanna know how to make a difference in your community, charitable giving is a great way to do…

  • Can I Have Just Two More Minutes?

    “Can I have just two more minutes?” Anyone who’s been anywhere fun with Josh and I plus kids has heard this from Phil at the end, when it’s time to pack up and go home. And when those two minutes are up, we get asked for another two minutes. I have to tell you. I’m…

  • Why Your Family Needs to Take a Road Trip

    Family road trips are all about getting out to see the world. I absolutely love driving around out here near our home. There’s tons of trees, it’s super green, and it’s just completely gorgeous. Even though we live somewhere totally beautiful, it’s still important to get outside your bubble and see what else is out…

  • You’re Only Fooling Yourself

    So the question is, who can you help today?

  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Happy Mothers Day from all of us at Hearts and Laserbeams to all of you moms out there! We hope you get to spend lots of really special moments with the kids that made you the moms you are today. We hope you don’t have to clean anything at all today,   we hope you…

  • You’re Not My Best Friend Anymore

    We… have had our hands full lately, Josh and I. That is an understatement. Along with our crazy work schedules and ten acres of fixer-upper farm to contend with, there are two small children that we just can’t seem to stop taking care of. We just like them is all. That doesn’t always mean they’re…

  • 3 Technology Life Hacks for Parents

    Life hacks are all the rage these days – they’re those little tips that make life so much easier. I’m excited to share 3 technology life hacks for parents with you; if you’ve got your own to share, I’d love for you to post em in the comments to help other parents that find this…

  • Crafts for Sick Kids – Cool Color Changing Robot Light

    Crafts for sick kids isn’t necessarily something I would make plans for, but man did it save my bacon this afternoon! Phil’s been laid up sick on the couch since Sunday, and normally that’d be just fine by him. Because you know what a sick day means for a little kid? A bajillion hours of…

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