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…
July 2019 Family Update
Facts. 1) Puppies are SO cute! 2) Puppies are a LOT of work. …and that about sums up July. Kidding. We did all kinds of other fun things too. In a fun surprise, we got to see our friends who…
June 2019 Family Update
June was a whole bunch of hurry up and wait. Mainly we were waiting (and w a i t i n g) on puppies. We didn’t even realize Onyx was expecting until the end of May. Once we calculated the dates,…
May 2019 Family Update
Mike and I kicked off the month with our trip to NYC to celebrate my 4th rank promotion at work. Neither of us had never been and we had so much fun exploring the city and, of course, eating all…
