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Share Our Lives: December 2025

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Hello and happy Monday!

It’s hard to believe, but this is our last Share Our Lives post of 2025. We’ve had a lot of fun sharing these posts and reading blogs of those who’ve linked up with us!

This year, we discussed…

  • Saving time on chores in January
  • Tips for falling asleep in February
  • Day in the life, an average day in March
  • Creative outlets/free time in April
  • How do you spend your birthday in May
  • Unique things about where you live in June
  • Best vacation memory in July
  • How do you take a break in August
  • 5 things we do each season in September
  • Go to snacks in October
  • Habits to make time for reading in November

This month’s topic is…staying connected with spouse/kids.

This is a timely topic just given the fact that I think we’re in a busy season of life and December is one of the busiest months of the year!

Travis and I both work full time, and we have two active kids with schedules that keep us busy in the evenings.

One rule that I have overall is that we need to eat dinner together more nights a week than not. Sometimes, that means we are eating at 8:00, but at least we’re eating together. Without issue, we tend to always have dinner together on Sundays, so it’s nice to wrap up the weekend/start the week together. We typically go over the upcoming week’s schedule and start the week on the right foot.

You know I like my quiet mornings, and I get up before everyone else. That being said, Trav usually gets up early too…after me, but before the kids, so we have time in the morning to chat. It’s happened more recently that we have more and more time when the kids aren’t home, so we’ll watch a show or game together. We’ll go out to get a drink or dinner when we can.

We’re in that weird transitional phase when we have been spending more time with the kids as they’ve been wanting to drive more and more in order to practice for their driving tests…but now that Hadley has her license, she’s been more independent…driving herself to practices…still so weird to me. Anyway, I make time to chat with Hadley in the morning as she gets ready for school, and she and I end up running errands together quite a bit. Also, she’ll watch a movie with me, and during the holidays, we have a few we will watch.

With Hayden, he rides with me every morning, so it’s nice to have that time. Also, he loves watching sports, and I do too. I try to make myself available to watch games when they are on tv…like the Chiefs games and UK games. He’s not a Mizzou fan, so I watch those games on my own. haha

Also, with both kids, I see them quite a bit at school which is really special. We have block scheduling, and depending on the day, Hadley stops by after lunch, and Hayden does too.

I always enjoy when my family can do things together, and I look forward to this holiday season when we can carry on a few traditions, and have some downtime to do some activities like bake cookies, go to a movie or go out to eat.

Thinking ahead to 2026…we’re continuing the Share Our Lives fun the second Monday of every month, and we hope you’ll save our new graphics, and link up with us when you can (or read the blog posts!)

We’ll kick off January sharing ways to stay warm in the winter.

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14 thoughts on “Share Our Lives: December 2025”

  1. It is such a weird feeling when they can start driving themselves everywhere and while I miss those car conversations and time on the roads it was also nice to have a lot more time to myself. It’s a fun tradeoff and transitional time for sure.

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    1. I’ve always heard about missing the conversation /car time and I can already sense that I miss that. The other day, hadley drove herself to volleyball, straight to a haircut and then to my brother’s house to watch his kids. She had my car that whole time but I was productive at home. Haha

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  2. I miss the drives with Diana every day but I’m glad she wants to drive with me on the weekends to grab a tea or just chat. So just trust it doesn’t mean it is over yet- it is just weird seeing them become more independent- eek! I love how you and Travis always make time for each other and truly enjoy each other’s company

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  3. I remember the 4 years of hs being so special! I started a rule when mine were maybe 13 that if they asked to hang with me I dropped what I was doing and said YES! I still do that. I don’t break plans with friends but I say YES if I can. This is a nice time for just you and Hayden in the car because I am sure he can get drowned out by the more talkative Hadley! Lol.

    Did Hadley get a car or a car to share with Hayden?

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    1. Sometimes he probably doesn’t want to ride with me lol…some mornings are quiet and others are my talkative.
      We’ll get them one to share soon, I assume. Right now, we’re just sharing with our two cars

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  5. I use to talk with my oldest a lot more in the car, but now her dad is doing the carpooling. I really do miss that time.

    I love that you eat dinner together. Brian and I try to most nights. Some nights he is working late or sports, etc. I will eat before him but sit down at the table with him when he eats.

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  6. When my youngest started driving, it was such a change for me! I definitely had to find other ways to spend time together and have conversations that didn’t involve driving him around. I’m so glad y’all will continue the link up and I hope to do better with it next year. Love the new graphics.

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