Mike and I started out the month by celebrating our anniversary a little early. We took a train ride to Delmonaco Winery. It was such a neat experience to be able to ride on an old passenger train. The winery…

Ok, lots of news to report for July so I’ll just hop to it. For starters we celebrated 4th of July with a pool party and fireworks with our Lifegroup. That was also the day that I officially decided that…

Summer is here officially now! Per our usual, we started off the summer with a trip to the beach. Skylar and I wrapped up our time there and headed back with just a few days to spare before she headed…

At the beginning of April I had a 1-day work trip out to Phoenix but I tacked on a trip to Dallas before returning home. It was so great to visit with Kelly (and the fam) and I got to…

March was kind of a whirlwind. Even more so than our usual tornado-like life, but it was awesome! Here’s why…. Early in March I attended the Empowering Fearless Birth conference in Tennessee. It was so fun to be around so…

February. In some ways there is nothing new to report, especially if you are a regular reader of this blog. Click the links below for details. To recap our homeschooling highlights, we made it through our first month, went on…

Helloooooooo 2014! Here we are in another year. I think this one might be my best yet. I have a thing for numbers and 14 is my ultimate favorite. I always picked it in high school for my jersey number.…

The yearly reflection post is probably my favorite. This year I had quite a bit to think back on and it literally took me 3 days to finish this post. I remember when I gave my child permission to quit…

I could have sworn I was just typing the November recap. It seems that December flew by. It’s not that we were super busy. In fact, this was probably our most low-key December today. I think I just had a…

Our November started with the Fall Festival at Stanford. Being the PTO Secretary I was working the ticket sales table and helping wherever needed. I was thankful that my Mom and Rex came to visit that weekend and they tirelessly…