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10 Best Restaurants in Orange County for Family Vacations
I don’t know about you, but the beginning of the new year brings the beginnings of plans for family vacations. If you’re plotting a trip to southern California this summer, take a tip from Josh and I. We both grew up in soCal, and when we made a quick jaunt back to our old stomping…
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When Your Kid Has a Bad Dream
“I had a bad dream!” We hear our four year old utter this sentence at least three to four times a week in our house. Probably more. Usually, it’s a ploy to come sleep in mom and dad’s bed. I know this because he’ll yell it literally 3 minutes after bedtime, when there’s no earthly…
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How to Make Fox Ears and a Fox Tail
Have you ever wanted to know how to make fox ears and a fox tail? I’ve got a fun, easy and free form craft for ya! This year was Phil’s first year in the Christmas program at Living Faith Church, and all the kids without speaking lines were different animals. He got a fox, and…
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We Let Our Kids Cry It Out
I get a little tiny bit of flak every now and then for how attached at the shoulder Joy and I are, guys. I’m not talking like a lot of smack talk, but there’s tiny little comments. There’s not a lot I can do about it – she’s nursing, we’re together 24/7 in the office,…
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The Essential Vacation Packing List for Families with Kids
I’m a chronic list-maker. I make list of what I’m going to accomplish at work each day, I make lists of the chores I’m tackling after the kids go to bed. I make lists of other lists. If you’ve been paying attention to our Instagram, you know we headed back to southern California for a…
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Essential Back to School Supplies
A note from Steph – Welcome Tati Jorge to the Hearts and Laserbeams team! Tati is helping us out in the office with all kinds of art and design projects, and will be writing for the blog every now and then as well. It’s back-to-school season! Yes, the most wonderful time of the year! (Well,…
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Make Your Own Watercolors
Huge thanks to Robert Mahar for introducing me to the idea of homemade watercolor paints… Like… Months ago. I saw him post a tutorial on Instagram ages ago, and I was like WHAAAAAT! I never got a chance to try it, and then I kind of forgot about it. This week, I’m working on a…
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Baby Name Meanings: How We Chose Ours
Baby name meanings are so interesting – I love hearing how people came up with what to name their kids! I thought with the arrival of little girl Joy a couple of weeks ago, I’d share our own baby name meanings with you. I don’t think I wrote about that when Phil was born! One…
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Are You Going to Have More Kids?
It’s the natural progression of relationship questions. “When are you getting married?” “When are you gonna have kids?” “Are you going to have more kids?” But sometimes, it’s just not that easy. You might be asking someone who doesn’t want more kids, for sure. But then… you could be innocently asking someone who’s had a…
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Fun Things for Children – Sale at Teach Right!
Stock up on fun things for children this weekend at Teach Right‘s spring sale in Ricon! The bonus to getting out of the house and shopping in person? You’re saving money on toys and books that are both fun and educational. This local educational supply store is offering some great deals to make room for new inventory.…
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Miscarriage and Loss, Or Just Keep Going.
Oh thanks Debbie Downer, way to start my Saturday right talking about miscarriage and loss. I know, guys. Please bear with me. This just wants to come out, so today we’re gonna go with it. It’s been a bit of an emotional couple of weeks in the Hearts and Laserbeams family. A couple of weeks…
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Billy Bonka’s Hot Dog Factory
I was talking to my brother Brandon last weekend, and something came up about the smokestacks you can see from Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach. He told me when he was little, he always thought it was a hot dog factory. And he decided as a kid that it must’ve been owned by Willy…
