July 2017 Update
Lawsy. July has been a doozy of a month. We started out with our annual trip to Birmingham to celebrate the 4th of July with my Dad and Skylar stayed behind for Granparent Camp. This year she asked to stay…
June 2017 Update
Summer is here! Yay!!! We celebrated our first summer solstice at the BFF and it was amazing! We invited over our family, friends, and neighbors for a pig roast and it was so much fun! It was such a delight…
May 2017 Update
We made it another year and school is officially out for summer! Unlike previous years we didn’t limp across the finish line. Instead we coasted easily to the end thanks to our new approach to homeschool. To celebrate the end…
April 2017 Update
This month started with the homeschool conference. I’ve been considering a new approach to homeschool for 5th grade (more on this soon) so I wondered if I even needed to attend this year. I went anyway and I’m so glad…
March 2017 Update
Y’all. I’m not sure if I have mentioned this yet or not, but I love the BFF! We’ve been here about 6 weeks and it just gets better and better every day. It has been exquisitely functional for our needs.…
February 2017 Update
Houston, we. have. a. house! So much of February was a TOTAL blur. If I had to sum it up in one word it would be painting. We painted our booties off and there is still more to do. I’m…
January 2017 Update
This month we have been knee-deep in the middle of our remodel. Things have been changing at a rapid pace, which is both exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Our contractor has been AMAZING and it’s been a lot…
2016 Year In Review
When I think back to January of this year, it feels like a lifetime ago. So much happened in 2016. I remember simplifying birthday parties. I didn’t send invites. I didn’t book a party room. I didn’t make treat bags.…
December 2016 Update
Oh December. There is actually very little to report but BIG news nonetheless. This month we finally sold our home. The closing got delayed daily by over a week but we said goodbye to the house that we’ve owned since…
November 2016 Update
This month has really flown by. The house stuff has taken precedence over everything. We thought we were closing on Wednesday of this past week, so we moved out Tuesday. Then we found out that our closing got pushed to…