I’m turning into my Dad
Growing up I was convinced of two things: 1) we had the best family ever 2) even though I thought my family was great, my Dad was a little too…
good habits, black marks and righteous traditions
We are working on a few things in our family. One of them is that we are trying to create some good habits. Sure, we’ve got some good ones down:…
love/hate relationship
I have a love/hate relationship with blog comments. Of course, I think it’s human nature to love to get feedback. And I couldn’t be more thankful for so many great…
last baby
When Claire was born Dave made an announcement: We were done bringing children into the world. End of story. Yes, well, he had said that with Elle and Grace too,…
beauty and the sky
I was raised by nature lovers. My parents raised me to adore the beauty of the world. They pointed it out everywhere we went. The various colors that made up…
I.W.A.N.
(I. Want. A. Newborn.) I know we’re done. We hit our limit with five kids. I’m flying by the seat of my pants most days, and each night I fall…
the imperfect, perfect life
It rubs me wrong if I come across that life is perfect in my neck of the woods. Because it’s not. So I try to include the nitty gritties of…
throw-up etiquitte
I sat my kids down this morning and had a little heart-to-heart lesson on a very important topic: Throw-up etiquette. Because it turns out it’s a very important thing for…
“Surrendering”
Ok, on to what I’ve been trying to get a second to write about forever: My biggest epiphany from Women’s Conference. It was interestingly the same thing I think about…