Fun Midlife Hacks

Twice the Dream Red Carpet Premiere – BTS

When you have a daughter who's a full-time film actress, sometimes you get some behind the scenes fun! Last week we got to attend the cast and crew red carpet movie premiere for Twice the Dream. It stars our daughter, Monica Moore Smith, as Sam Bradshaw. It's a great...

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San Diego Couple Trip with Teen Boys

The nearly empty nest thing takes some getting used to. This past week we took a final vacation with our boys before our 18-year-old, Samson, heads to Richmond, Virginia, for two years to serve as a missionary. https://youtu.be/3bA2FIzCQew If that's not traumatic...

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Gifts for the Woman Who Wants Nothing

Need Christmas gift ideas for your wife (mother, daughter, grandmother, girlfriend)? Struggling to shop for the woman who as everything? Since having children my typical response to “What do you want for [Christmas, Mother’s Day, your birthday], has been “peace and...

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Traditional Gifts for Women with a Fun Twist

Want something more traditional than the gifts those I propose in my vlog Gifts for the Woman Who Wants Nothing? Something you can buy, wrap, and put under the tree? Below is a collection of items that are particularly comfortable, fun, useful, and well-priced!...

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Get to Know Me Tag – Over 40 Edition

Get to Know Me Tag questions for your next YouTube vlog! Please let me know if you do your own vlog with these questions. I swear I'll watch yours if you will watch mine! https://youtu.be/lcqZB8hDsgo I just published mine. This "short" vlog took forever to film and...

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