Our boys love playing Minecraft together.  They build worlds, they talk about the best ways to create new items, they discover new skins and fight enderman.   They waking up chatting about new ideas and whisper in their bedroom as they go to sleep about their great discoveries.  I love the way the way the game co…

It is so easy to live day to day and not notice the amazing life that we get to live in.  I am so thankful for doctors who can turn tears into smiles and keep my family healthy in mysterious ways beyond my understanding. I can remember back to when I was pregnant and the only thing we would say that mattered was t…

Cookie crumbs on her lip and sweet dark eyes looking up at me.  This girl makes it very hard to say goodnight and not give into the sweet pleads for "just a few more minutes".

Our schools are starting an initiative for more hands-on projects that involve kids collaborating not only with the subjects they are learning but also working together with different grades levels.  Our family enjoyed going to S.T.R.E.A.M. night at the school and seeing the way that science, math, technology, ar…

Aliya loves being girly.  She loves the dolls, pink and purple, flowers, sparkles and most of all she loves fashion.  One of her first words was shoes and at the age of two would fight to wear unmatched socks because that was how she liked them.  We knew from the beginning that our girl would never be content with …