With my kids growing up and becoming teens I have hit a new stage of being a mom.  They do not need me to do near as many things for them, in fact, they often need me not to do them.  They need me not to do the laundry, cooking or chores so they can learn for themselves and even if it isn't how I would have do…

We celebrated our Town's 250th birthday this past weekend. The town put on a weekend long events that was fun for everyone and included the longest parade I've ever seen in a small town. It was over two hours long! We had a blast and while there was many great acts in the parade our favorite was (of course) …

There are times where nothing works out. We tried to go to a concert with Sheryl and Pete the other day. We gave the wrong time. We had the wrong location. There was no parking. There was another concert near our concert that led to massive amounts of crowds. It was insanity but in the end because I accidentally gave …

Aliya loves music.  In the years past she has been involved with chorus and performing in plays and she has played Flute, Violin and now we are on to the brand new adventure of learning saxophone.  She will enter junior high next year and will have to choose one instrument to continue on with through high school…

The other day Aliya and I dropped Trent off at driver's ed.  Aliya and I had intended to read in the car while we waited for him but because we had a couple of hours to spare, and it was a gorgeous day, we decided to go on a walk instead. We saw a large crowd walking, so we decided to fo…