• November 2022 Family Update

    We started off the month celebrating a new holiday, Dia de Los Muertos. The more I travel and learn about other cultures, the more I’m open to embracing things I was closed off to before. I think this tradition is…

  • October 2022 Family Update

    I checked off a huge item on my bucket list this month. Skylar and I spent Fall Break in Albuquerque, NM for the 50th anniversary of the largest hot air balloon festival in the world – and it was a…

  • September 2022 Family Update

    There was still so much adulting to do this month and a lot of appointments and places to be. That’s the thing that you don’t anticipate with a big life shift. All the brain power and time you are going…

  • August 2022 Family Update

    What a non-stop month. So. Much. Adulting. So. Many. Appointments. So. Many. Places. To. Be. It’s a miracle I got any work done at all, honestly. Our closing for the BFF got pushed back to the 5th of this month…

  • July 2022 Family Update

    July was a bluuuurrrrr! The BFF was under contract within 24 hours of being on the market, which made the first domino fall. We moved 22 days later. And ya girl drove a 26′ box truck.   Before things got…

  • June 2022 Update

    Now that it’s summer and the CV pandemic is simmering down, there are some incredible movies hitting the theaters again. I saw Top Gun in the theatre TWICE. It was so good. Seeing the Goose/Rooster story come full circle was…

  • May 2022 Family Update

    May was count down month so we tried to squeeze in some fun! First, our nephew (Caleb) graduated from Stewart’s Creek and we had several festivities for him. We also celebrated Mother’s Day with Mike’s family. Mike’s mom made me…

  • April 2022 Family Update

    As homeschoolers, April is the last month of school for us. Skylar wrapped up her 9th grade year with all A’s and even earned a Certificate of Excellence for both Science and Art. One of her favorite teachers, Ms. Ginger,…

  • March 2022 Update

    Started out the month with a fantastic surprise – I won opening night front row tickets to Dear Evan Hansen! Skylar was already going with a friend but, thankfully, Ben was able to come with me. It was a fantastic…

  • February 2022 Update

    We kicked off the month with Skylar earning Life Scout. She’s just one rank away from Eagle! So proud of her. She barely squeaked this one out in time for Court of Honor. It all came down to one requirement…