I love photos showing the different stages of our life and the memories that they capture forever. Even after just ten years, Nate and I look through our pictures hanging in our house and reminisce back to when the kids (and we) were so young.  I have had every color background at JC Penny and really wanted to do som…

Nate's parents came for a visit last week. We spent eight days hanging out together and it was absolutely wonderful. The kids loved the early Christmas and all the play time with Grandma and Grandpa. We went shopping, showed them Nate's store, ate seafood and overall just had a great time being toge…

We spent a wonderful family day at home on my Birthday.  We have all been sick and home time was exactly what we needed. Nate and the kids made the day extra special for me.  We enjoyed time around the fire, Nate made me a nice dinner, and the kids even decorated a cake.  They made it in the shape of a ho…

A random "we don't know what to do" night, is a great excuse for an adventure at our house. The kids and I had been reading a book and I decided to take them camping to finish the end of it. We had a blast together. We finished our story, looked at the stars, watched the bats fly by and listene…

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous, not to hot and not to cold, and we have been outside enjoying every second of it.  Perfect Fall weather is made for bike rides, apple pie, coffee under the star filled sky and lots of family time and that is exactly what we have been doing.  I love this season!�����������…