Where were you the Summer of 2007? Can you believe that was ten years ago? Maybe your whole life has changed since then. Or maybe not. Ten years ago I had a baby and a four-year-old. My daughter was in that baby sweet spot, too. I’m talking about ages 6-9 months where a baby can [Read More]
Our Summer Adventures So Far
It feels like only 10 minutes ago that we wrapped up another school year and switched gears for summer camp. Yet, here we are, officially knee deep in summer! As Ferris Beuller so eloquently puts it, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around for a while, you could miss it.” So I’m stopping now [Read More]
12 Things I’ve Learned in 12 Years as a Parent
July marks my “Mamaversary”, the anniversary of when I became a mom. My son turns 12 and I can’t help but look back in wonder at the last dozen years of parenting and reminisce about all that I’ve learned. Nor can I refuse the urge to share with you all that I’ve learned. Here are my words [Read More]
Happy Anniversary…and May I Have a Refund?
Yesterday Chad and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary. Wow, that’s like a whole teenager ago! To celebrate, we whipped out the wedding video and forced our kids to watch it. I’d heard from other couples that their kids LOVE to watch their wedding video. Our kids tolerated it for about 5 minutes. Will wandered [Read More]



