Over the summer, the July 4th holiday brought my extended family together in a joyful (and extremely hot) reunion on the lake. Two cousins...
What should they know about me? This is the question I keep asking as I'm sitting here trying to write an introductory post about...
Does anyone remember the book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume? I do. I remember reading that book from front...
The start of the school year always reminds me of fresh starts, new beginnings, excitement, and resolutions.
My dreams of sending my daughter, now, daughters...
Winter driving is not for the faint of heart. Honestly, even the most seasoned among us (like my husband) still encounter nearly impassable white-knuckle...
My son, Emmet has recently started a new preschool program.
On the first day as I walked him in, I found myself telling the...
Now that we’re a few months into homeschooling, we are starting to feel some rhythm to our days and I have really started to...
Finding your forever home is a lot like finding your wedding dress. You're looking for that perfect fit — good school district, room for...
I remember the exact moment that I proclaimed that I would never, in the event I had kids, be a helicopter mom.
I was a...
Before my husband and I married, I remember caring if my hair was parted the right way, if my teeth were white enough, and...
At some point in our lives as parents, we all worry about bullying and the effects it will have on our children. We hope...
*This is an older post from our archives, but we thought it was appropriate to share during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as we seek...
In what felt like the blink of an eye, I was back to work after having my second baby - a daughter we have...
Camera shy? More like camera phobic! Thanks to digital photography I have been able to successfully avoid photos of myself through cropping or simply...

















