When Dave and I moved our small little family to the desert almost eighteen years ago, we made a deal. You see, although we loved our years in Washington D.C. (six of them) and in some ways we felt like we were tearing ourselves out of a life we loved and worked hard to build…
It’s difficult to know where to start documenting a trip that was filled with so much. So many emotions. So much movement. So much preparation. So much gratitude. But I have to start somewhere so I’ll start with the prep. Because I don’t ever want to forget how much work and hand-wringing goes into a…
Our whole family was together this last weekend. Does it look like we were happy about that? It was like a little miracle and it felt like everything was just right in the world. Which is weird because life was swirling around like nobody’s business. The business that brought the gathering was my niece’s wedding. …
The end of the school year is TOMORROW, so I’m getting a little hustle on to catch up here. Life is coming at me too fast. How is it already summer?? April started out with the day Lucy had been counting down for for a LONG time: her official half birthday. Yep, it’s true….
Ok, buckle in because a lot happened in November. I’ve already written a bunch in other posts, but here are some stragglers. Some are not actually “little things” like the fact that Max came home for a week. I wrote about how I felt about that back HERE, but didn’t get to all the best…
Clear back on June 3rd. (His actual birthday post is back HERE.) I figure I better get on the ball and post these pics since we have another birthday coming up tomorrow. This is a total blurry picture but I had to post it. Claire made a little scroll with the chant his volleyball team…
…that I wasn’t too lazy to carry around my big camera the night before we left for India. OR that iPhones take better pictures in the dark. ‘Cause I loved the night before we left…and the only thing I had to capture it with was that little iPhone of mine. You know how sometimes there’s…
At the beginning of each school year I have what I like to call my “honeymoon stage” with our new schedule. It’s when all the hustle and bustle of the “extracurricular monster” has yet to work his sneaky fingers into all the nooks and crannies of life and we mosey along smoothly getting to what…