I suck at writing thank you notes. But I want my kids to be good at it. Maybe it's like biennial raspberries, where the canes grow for one year and then produce fruit the next? …
Margot's preschool class reads Have You Filled a Bucket Today? It's all about the 'feeling buckets' every living creature possesses and the choices we all make everyday -- do we dip from buckets or give to buckets? …
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post to celebrate home. Part 4 coming soon. We left Missoula on the heels of a snow storm, eyelash-sized buds, newly green grass, and sleepy songy birds. We came home …
We started planning this family vacation about a year ago when my brother proposed to Crystal. We decided we'd save to take two whole weeks exploring the southeastern US and then the possibilities became a …
The drive from New Orleans to Destin, Florida was hard. Mostly because Ruby shouted that she wanted OUT of her car seat for several hours. Secondly because Andy was driving and I was in charge …
We were the last off the plane, taking our time to gather up our yard sale. The minute the manufactured air ceased, humidity rolled through the cabin. Even the air has a southern drawl. The …
We made it out the door and on our plane! We are now gone for two weeks which is the longest we've vacated in many, many years. Currently, I am typing in the back row …
My words are in a few other places this week. 1. I am no longer writing my weekly mama digs column for Mamalode. I initiated the change to create a little more space to write a book …
