Today is a big day for my Gracie. A really big day. A huge day. A day that she has been waiting for her "whole life!" Today, finally, after 6 long arduous years of waiting, Grace will get to go on a field trip. It's finally happened. She explained the depth of her excitement to … Continue reading Waiting Her Whole Life
If last week was survival, hanging on through the final surge of the school year, this weekend was the reward. It's been a LONG spring in terms of football recruiting and solo parenting around our house. It has been filled to the brim with softball and baseball games, dance classes and church celebrations. It has … Continue reading Our Holiday Weekend: Celebrating and Starting Fresh
It is the end of May. Memorial Day weekend is upon us. We have nearly done the impossible: survived spring recruiting while still all liking each other! This year we have two in softball and dance, one in baseball, and three swimming. When we planned for the activities it felt totally doable. Because the first … Continue reading Surviving the Carpool Hustle
Summertime coming closer has me thinking back to all the ways I have worked over the years to make some extra money. What started with summer jobs to have spending money for clothes evolved into work-from-home jobs I could do while raising my kids to help our family run on one income. The very first … Continue reading From Summer Jobs to Side Hustles: Making It Work Through the Years
Last weekend there were a series of crazy happenings that just kept slowing our day down. In fact, that's life, especially in this busy season. My parents came to visit and to celebrate my daughter Lily's First Communion with us. They flew down to avoid driving through the mountains, but their flights left much to … Continue reading Long Distance Family
Last week I got the opportunity to take our youngest son on a “field trip” to Nomad Farms in Tobaccoville. I have friends who have raved about their Farm Camp, and I’m informed enough about meat processing and chicken farms to know finding a small, local farm is a great gift to your family’s health. … Continue reading Our Trip to the Farm
My daughter Sophia is a collector of things. Especially of broken things. Especially broken things that other people may have discarded as trash that she still sees as beautiful. The first time I noticed how strong this desire was for her was when we replaced the door knobs in our new home a few years … Continue reading Growing Beauty
