Saying goodbye is never easy, even if the next chapter will be filled with adventure and joy.  It is turning the page that is hard, you know where you have been and the comfort and the happiness you had there and starting a new page means trusting that all the happiness will come with you and only grow.  My parents se…

Welcome to your new house, we hope it gives you the same sense of home that it has given us.  This home has been in our family since 1964 and has seen four generations of our family enjoy time together within its walls. My grandfather, a World War II veteran originally purchased this home while my father was s…

If there is a blessing to a pandemic it would be the amount of time that I get to spend with my family.  Nate and I, in all our years of marriage, have never been together (day in and day out) as much as we are now and the same is true for time with our children.  We have found about a million things to entertain u…

Nate wanted a low key Father's Day at home so that is exactly what he got.  We stayed home watched a couple 80's movies together. We also played Linkee it was everyone vs. Nate and he still beat us! It was a nice day together enjoying the man who keeps us smiling and laughing all of the time. Nate is not a fan…

In a blink of an eye, they went from small enough to hold in my arms while they fell asleep, to bigger than me, and calling me shorty. In a blink of an eye, they went from needing me to hold their hand and walk at a slow pace so they could keep up, to walking ahead of me with their long strides. In a blink of a…

Aliya and I love to be out and since Covid began it has been very hard not to be able to visit with our friends and family. Aliya is extremely close to Mom and has been sad to spend their normal days shopping together or helping her move and I have felt the same way.  Needless to say, we were so excited to have o…

Nate and I have been through a lot together. We just celebrated 18 years' worth of happy memories and I am thankful for each day together that has brought us to this moment of our lives. I often think back to one moment, when Nate and I were first married we were traveling from Illinois to move to New Hampshire.  …

Nate's birthday fell on the same day as all of Aliya's graduation activities so we decided to celebrate a day early and I am so glad that we did.  We enjoyed a day filled with games and fun together and celebrating a man who we love so much more than we can ever show.  The kids' favorite part was playing …

Nothing this year has been quite the same as before. As we hear so often on the news "these are unprecedented times".  The end of the school year seemed to follow the unprecedented theme.  The last week was filled with less classwork, a field day and saying goodbye to teachers all which are typical but the w…

It was an odd sixth-grade year for Aliya, there is no doubt about that. Sixth grade in our school district is one the at the kids hear about from the beginning and look forward too, it is traditionally the year full of many celebrations like a trip to Canobie Lake, Tye-dyeing class shirts, and formal graduation.  It i…

There are many things that are helping us through these times but above all laughter and gratitude seem to keep us moving through the days. Thank goodness I have a house full of goofballs who just as soon as things get heavy have a way to make us laugh. I am so thankful for all this extra time together. …