• April 2020 Family Update

    What I’m about to say is not a popular opinion, but quarantine is kinda my dream life. A few years ago I really started to figure myself out and I half-jokingly said I either want to be a farmer or…

  • March 2020 Update

    March was like living in the Twilight Zone. First, a major tornado blew through Nashville just a few miles north of us. Thankfully we were safe but so many of our friends lost everything and are still trying to recover.…

  • February 2020 Update

    We started the month back in Birmingham for my Uncle Bennie’s Celebration of Life Service. Losing him and my mom so close together really took a toll on me but in a way it was nice to be close to…

  • January 2020 Update

    I love the fresh start of a new year and this one seems even more exciting because I just turned 40 and it’s also a new decade! Skylar turned 13 this month. In some ways, I can’t believe we have…

  • 2019 Year in Review

    I remember that January felt as busy as ever, like there was no end in sight to all the things to do and places to be. I remember celebrating Skylar and Aunt Marsha’s birthdays together, 75 and 12, and being…

  • December 2019 Update

    I have a serious love-hate relationship with December. There are so many fun things to do. The problem is that there are So. Many. Things. To Do. They all get crammed in together with hardly any time to enjoy them…

  • November 2019 Family Update

    November… soooo many field trips this month! Wilson County Jail The Hermitage – Archaeology TPAC – Rosa Parks “Walk On” Hamiltunes Sing-a-long University of Scouting Shelby Bottoms Nature Center Dancing Lights of Christmas I love that unschooling enables us to…

  • October 2019 Family Update

      October. SO full. At the beginning of the month, I headed to Las Vegas for work but it felt more like fun. It was super exciting to be there first hand for some exciting product launches and to get to…

  • September 2019 Family Update

    I can’t believe we are starting our 7th year of homeschooling. You may remember, I was the mama who swore I would NEVER homeschool. Yet, here we are. Skylar has expressed an interest in Forestry, Native Americans, and Algebra this…

  • August 2019 Family Update

    It feels like August has been a month of prep. Summer is winding down, which means we are about to start back to school. But we also have a big season of travel coming up too. And football will be…