a birthday cake float and some grit on the lake
Yow there have been a lot of moving parts around here! We just put the last two plus Murphy on the plane after Claire’s farewell weekend, and now it’s down…
Elle turns a quarter of a century old today
Yep. My little baby girl who came as that big surprise all those years ago turns TWENTY-FIVE today. She has grown into a wonder of a woman. When your kids…
Celebrating my TWENTY-SIX-year-0ld Boy – Happy Birthday Maxwell!
I think I mentioned before that I got to be with Max on his birthday. Yep. My niece got married that same day, so it was just a giant party…
the gift of love (my birthday)
So weird I had another birthday last week. How does this keep happening!? Each year on my birthday I get a little overcome with the beauty of love and feeling…
nineteen things I love about my newest 19-year-old
Happy birthday to my dear Claire Bear. In my mind you were JUST right here, stretching out, trying to figure out that tiny little body. And now here you are,…
how to chose the perfect daughter-in-law (happy bday Abby!)
Welp, we hit the jackpot in the daughter-in-law category. And of course, we didn’t chose her as that blog title implies, Max did. But he did a pretty dang good…
Happy birthday to the man who makes everything happen
We have some friends who divorced a few years ago. This past year, due to so many little turns of events, they have “found” each other again. And they are…
some birthday surprises and 16 things I love about the birthday girl
We have a new sixteen year old. And there were some really fun things that happened on her birthday. Also, there were some pretty emotional things about this big milestone…
this Wellesley girl is another year older today
I remember it so well: the weight of overwhelm when we found out I was already eight weeks pregnant with baby number two when Max was six months old. Tears…