Yow, here we are for our 2021 snapshot of how life is right here, right now. Down to the four of us living at home. I think it’s pretty amazing to sit down and try to do a snapshot this year. Never in a million years would I imagine last…

I wrote a slew of things I loved about Claire yesterday on the big day, but here’s what we did. Let’s back up to the day before when Lucy was on her game with the bday prep. That girl is a party planner extraordinaire. We finished up the grocery shopping…

…and she is in a little bit of mourning about it. I mean, who wants to grow up when you’re having so much fun? And let’s be honest, I’m in a little mourning myself. It is so rude for these precious little bundles to morph into practical adults so quickly,…

This book (Atomic Habits) has consumed so much of what I’ve been thinking lately: Because boy howdy, it is good. I think it’s one I should read at least semi-annually to get me all pumped up about life. I could go on and on about so many notes I took…I…

It’s not too late to share a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. in his honor, right? I hope not because it’s a good one:) But first, there’s a backstory to why this hit so beautifully to me. You see, a couple friends and I hiked a mountain to start…

At the end of the summer Dave surprised me with news that he thought he might go back to school to get a Masters degree in Global Management. It is a program through Thunderbird that he had done some research on and was getting kind of excited about. I’m sure…

Yep, going back to April for a minute. And I’m sneaking it in late on a Thursday night so it can fly under the radar a little because it is OLD news by now. But I love to keep all this stuff together so here we go. April was that…

I try to follow Lucy’s example a lot in life. But lately, especially with a new year and new beginnings, I’m trying to follow her example of taking action. Man, she’s good at it! I had to sneak a little picture of her notes at church because they pretty much…