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…
we got to be with the birthday girl on the big day
We were still up in Utah (dropping Claire off for college) intentionally so we could be there to celebrate this girl: I wrote about her on her actual day back…
how a little spitfire can grow into a beautiful young woman
GRACE TURNS 21 TODAY!! This post is to offer other moms of spitfire daughters hope. Because phew! Kids can be a handful sometimes, and this girl was one of those…
my boy is twenty-five years old
Thats right, TWENTY-FIVE. To commemorate the big day I’m putting some pictures up here. Because he loves that kind of stuff. Anything to be in the spotlight. HA!! Sorry Max,…