NINE YEARS + A Piรฑata How-To
I remember the night Jack was born. He was born at 9pm on the nose. My doctor joked with me about hurrying things along so he could watch LOST. …
I remember the night Jack was born. He was born at 9pm on the nose. My doctor joked with me about hurrying things along so he could watch LOST. …
๏ปฟ So technically I have only read one book on my original summer reading list, but I did add two to it, both of which I did read. I’m thinking…
Some might say that the Fourth of July marks the beginning of the end of summer, but we strongly disagree. We’ve got way too many great things on our summer…
Sorting through last month’s photos one more time before I file them away for our annual yearbooks and I feel like there’s still one more post before we reluctantly move…
When I was a little girl, our western South Dakota family vacation every other summer in a hot crowded car, I didn’t realize all the fanfare around it.ย I hadย a…
Being in my hometown evokes a Pandora’s Box of memories. The little girls riding their bikes down the quiet streets so reminds me of myself. When I was 12, my summer…
A fresh new month. A new list of goals. A new page in the calendar filled with fun things. And a quick little mindless post to spread some simple pleasures, some…
One thing I love about blogging is sifting back through photos of an event, looking more closely at the tiny moments, deciding what to share and what to keep, replaying…
There are moments during this role that we call parenting that we sigh at the barf on our black-shirted shoulders and cry at what a horrible job we think we’re…
At the start of the year, I set out to have a different sort of year. This year I am seeking quiet focus. Quieting my thoughts, my ambitions, my actions,…
We are home. We successfully travelled to South Dakota with SIX people (including a 6-month-old) TWICE in about a month’s time. That would be: ten total connections, eight total checked bags, approximately six…
Saturday night we celebrated our 8-year old with his very own CAMP, created just for him and his buddies. The day was happy and muggy and crazy and…
We’re still in full-on recovery mode over here after our shindig on Saturday night. We rang in 8 years of Jack with a big ol’ camp party and the…
I don’t think its any secret that I am a planner-type person. We planner people understand that “impromptu” is not a word greatly used in our vocabulary. We use words…
I spent all day Saturday ALONE at a homeschool conference. It was lovely. Not only did I get to look at (and smell) approximately 50,000 books and art supplies, I…
I kept having these random thoughts on traveling…specifically thoughts on traveling with kids, but not limited to. Now I’m no seasoned traveler, but I’ve done enough to know what not to…
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