I’m doing a “Thanksgiving Tree tutorial” over on Seasons of Renewal on Instagram (HERE). If you haven’t heard of that platform, go check it out, it is so good! They have all kinds of tips, motherhood ideas and tutorials, and I have been buoyed in my mothering over there many times! Traditions are like glue…
Gosh, I have been going through pictures of this birthday girl and missing her so much this morning: the morning that marks her TWENTY-FIRST birthday! Oh boy, if we had known how easy and kind and good this girl would be when we were jolted out of our seats twenty-one years ago when we found…
Today, in a land far away on the other side of the planet, my son is turning twenty-two. That little boy who made me a mother all those years ago: (That date on the left is not correct, just for the record, but that belly is pretty awesome don’t you think? 🙂 Twenty-two years ago…
Tomorrow is the big day. I was talking to two of Claire’s volleyball teammates yesterday who were telling me all about their ideas for their Valentines, and it made me realize I have not taken my preparation for this day very seriously, I need to get busy! Not just for my Valentine, my #1, but…
After the wedding and the grand celebration, Max and Abby safely off on their honeymoon, the party around here just kept on going. And I was so glad because I feel like I hardly got to see them mixed right in the middle of all that wedding hoopla. Too bad we didn’t get ALL the…
I am sitting here in my kitchen, half-way-undecorated from Christmas. And I am by myself. I don’t know if I’ve truly been by myself for longer than to take a shower for the almost three weeks since the wedding, and even the week before as we were preparing and a whole slew of family congregated…
Our good old Thankful Tree is holding strong stretching across our kitchen once again. It sat with only a few leaves for a couple days, and then Lucy decided to get busy with those leaves! We worked our little hearts out thinking of all the many things we are SO GRATEFUL for one night when…
Definitely shed a tear over that video! {this video of Max’s return at the end of the post back HERE}. I have always been so impressed with the love your children have for each other and its totally shows that in this post. I do not have a family of my own yet, but was wondering…
I let St. Patrick’s Day fly by without so much as a pinch…no green, no fun…dang it! Am I just growing out of the “fun mom” stage? Or are my kids just too big to be bothered by things like that? I think both, but that’s kinda sad I have to say. I love all…