When we first were looking for a home Nate and I knew that we needed something with an open floor plan because no matter what we all seemed to always be in the same space.  So while 99% of our time is spent all together downstairs in our very open living room and kitchen our kids do have their own rooms which are beco…

Nate and I went to Portsmouth and from the talking on the ride there, to the holding hands while we walked around town, and the picnic lunch on the way home it was everything that I needed.  I don't have a collection but if I did I would like to collect moments just like this.  Intentional, time together.

Reading funny poetry by Shel Silverstein only gets even funnier when you read it together.

Nate and I have been together for 16 years so it should go without saying that when we go out I am his date.  However, I still get excited by this ordinary fact. The other day we were preparing to go to a football party as a family and while I hustled and bustled around the house to get things ready in time I kept thi…

Their smiles make me smile every single time.