Name Your Home

There are so many fun ideas and traditions you can implement as a family to
create memories. Some are everyday rituals that you do together to grow and
develop close bonds. Others are zany, fun, and create laughter. Then there are
those things you do to create meaning into your lives. Naming your home fits
under that category.

Your family might move a lot of times over your children's lifetimes. Maybe you
will only live in one home. Whether you move over the course of time or stay in
one place, naming your family home will make wherever you are a very special
place with a special mood, atmosphere, ambiance and flair that belongs just to
your family and creates a special identity that creates a special bond for everyone in the family.

Our family has dubbed our home " Casa Sanchez" which in Spanish means 'home of
Sanchez'. It fits us and adds to our desire of drawing upon my husband's
Mexican ancestry. My sister and her family like to call their residence “Hudson
Farm." They have quite a few pets and live in the country so that name fit the
mood they felt within their family. There are so many fun and different ways
you can choose to name your home. You can choose to take that one special name with
you wherever you go or name each place as you discover it and experience the different tone of your new home.

Once you name your home you can use it on invitations when inviting people over,
put it on your mailbox, make a special plaque or choose to have it engraved in a
special rock that sits outside your front door.

Enjoy the legacy you create as your family and friends refer to your home by its
chosen name and you weave the cords of love for all who enter!

Holiday Touches of Love

There are so many opportunities to give of ourselves around Christmastime. You can give gifts to children who need them, donate food to shelters or churches, and even volunteer your time.But in our quest to give; let us not forget to give to our own families. Children already receive so much attention over the Holidays. But, how about your spouse? Does he get forgotten or rushed past too quickly amidst the entire buzz?

Here are a few simple ways to add some special touches to the Christmas Season for your husband:

~ Find a Christmas movie that he recalls from his childhood. Buy it, and snuggle together under a warm blanket as you watch it together.

~ Make a tree ornament for him that symbolizes your love. Let him hang it on the tree.

~ Dance to one of the slower Holiday tunes.

~ Make some hot chocolate for him to drink as he hangs up the Christmas lights outside.

~ Utilize candles to add the atmosphere of peace and warmth each evening as your man comes home from work.

~ Hang Christmas lights around your bedposts or near the ceiling of your bedroom for a magical and romantic Holiday glow.

~ Make one of his favorite Holiday treats.

All it takes are a few small efforts to re-connect with your husband. Each romantic and thoughtful moment will draw you closer to one another and fill the Season with more love than you thought possible.