Our life is simple and I love that about it. Nate and I play games together, we love puzzles, we enjoy watching a show together until it's way past when we said we were going to go to bed. We laugh at radio shows, we love yard work, we agree in our anger over politics, we cheer for the same sports teams. We have b…

We are so glad to have the sun out, the grass green, the birds singing, and the day's long. Now if only summer vacation could get here faster!

Our school does a wonderful job putting on a program for Memorial Day. The kids sing songs and say thank you to veterans both past and present. My kids were very excited to give a poppy to my dad and thank him for his service. I'm very appreciative that the kids learn more about this holiday and grow to appreciate…

This Mother's Day was a simple ordinary day with a football game, chores, and cooking dinner. It was not anything out of the ordinary but I still felt extremely special and loved. Everyone put an extra effort into making sure they were kind, said I love you and that they helped out without complaints. It was so sw…

Dylan and Aliya have a blast together at dodgeball club on Mondays after school.  That gives Trent and I about an hour and a half of time alone.  Last week Trent and I decided to make the most of our alone time and go for a hike at Andres.  It is so incredibly special to get some time alone with any of my kids. I lo…

This sweet puppy has become a loving old dog. It is crazy how fast his puppy years have gone and while we still see the puppy side of him come out when ever there is a ball or treat involved most of his time is spent lying around, yawning and then walking in a circle and lying back down again. He has been our faithf…

Nate, unfortunately, had to work this weekend.  We missed him greatly during the day and were so excited to spend our evenings together as a family.  We spent Saturday evening cheering on the Celtics.  We had a theme night with meat"ball" subs, loaded Tator"shots", and green Celtics-chow (puppy-…

They call it the sip for a sip and it is one of their favorite sibling privileges.  Siblings have friendships like no other and I am so thankful my kiddos have one another through all of the crazy journeys of life and for the simple "sip for a sip" moments.

Trying something new makes Dylan feel very much outside his comfort zone, as it does for so many people.  Dylan loves being where he knows (aka home), doing what he knows and with a predictable schedule for his day, therefore, trying out for football took great courage for him. We strongly encourage all our kids to…

Love isn't just something you can see, it is more something you can feel, but looking at this moment I can't help but see love.

He is, who he is, and that is what I love about him.  He loves dinosaurs, dabbing, Minecraft and robotics.  He laughs constantly and has more energy than ten cups of coffee and can make anyone smile no matter their mood.  He is kind, generous, loving and intelligent and so comfortable being himself that inspires me t…

I love getting out for fun adventures as a family. We always seem to make such wonderful memories when we just go out and do something. The other night we went to a Fisher Cats game thanks to some free tickets we received. We had a blast watching the game together. It was fun to have the kids there at an older ag…