I thought my guys were fun when they were just out of the toddler phase…4, 6, & 8 year olds. Now they are 7, 9, 11….and it is even better. Sure, each phase has challenges, but there are so many awesome things about kids growing…

For the last three years, she has watched me take each of her brothers on Color Run dates. She knew this was going to be her year, but she didn’t know WHEN. I woke her up before sunrise…”Hey girlie, you want to go on a…

Two weeks ago (or something close to that) I posted about our garden and a few books we are using in the gardening process. One book several of you asked about was the Our Year in the Garden journal. At the time, there really wasn’t…

There is a gate leading to a small field close to our house. We took family pictures there a few years ago, when we were waiting for our youngest to come home: As we pass by on walks, the open gate beckons my oldest daughter…

Ignorance is bliss. This holds true for many of the recipes my grandma passed down to me. For years, decades really, I ate and ate the desserts she made. No one can make a blackberry cobbler like she did. Most holidays she made Millionaire Pie.…