• her turn to hit the court

    This weekend was 5 years in the making. Every winter our youngest has sat in the bleachers watching her siblings play basketball. She attempted flag football a year ago, but didn’t even make it to meeting the coach at the first practice. There is a…

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  • a hushed room and a jar of peanuts

    My extended family has so many traditions. Some – we keep going. Some – we’ve let go. Some – we start and then never turn them into a tradition. The thing with family traditions (at least my extended family) is sometimes they make sense and…

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  • Pictures for Nana

    My mom has been asking for new pictures of all her grandkids for a while now. It is surprisingly hard to get my kids and my sister’s kids all together, somewhat matching, and not in gym clothes. We finally made it happen last month and…

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  • 9 years of Decembers…

    This spring will mark ten years of blogging for me. I’ve been reminiscing a little and taking a few moments here and there to look back at old posts. This will be my last post for 2017. I’m going to take the rest of the…

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  • Adventure pack {gift idea}

    Over the last year I have partnered with CLIF Kid to promote getting kids outside to play. Adventures outside are one of our favorite activities as a family and we’ve learned they are also top on the list of fun things among their friends. With 5…

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