I recently had surgery and while I thought I was going to walk out of the hospital feeling fine and dandy, reality hit, and I truly needed time to recover.  It is hard to slow down when you enjoy moving but this surgery made me do just that.  My family has gone over the top to take care of me.  Nate especially had t…

I am really not one to rave about cakes. For the most part, I think all cake is created equal and all of them are good but nothing to write home about.  However, this cake is the best cake ever created.  All the flavors just make it over the top delicious.  It is like the cool cousin of carrot cake and it unforgetta…

The end of summer is coming and we are feeling it in a very large way.  After having the kids home for so long it will be so strange to have them go back to school.  We know it may be temporary but we are already starting to feel the loss of all this amazing family time we have been given over the last year.  To ma…

While the kids haven't been in school since last March we have used the school grounds more than ever as a family.  The school playground, fields, and trails provide us a place to get away and spend family time while still being safe.  Every time we go we seem to find something new to play or do and we a…

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.  We have found that goals have helped up stay motivated during this strange time and thanks to a more open schedule our goals can be literally anything we want.  We have encouraged the kids and ourselves to have some goal each day that they can work towards and it has bee…