Some weeks I just want to fall into a dark pit and wallow in my own sorrow. This was one of those weeks. We got back from camping last...

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness...

As of today the appraisal on our soon-to-be first home was approved by our bank! Yay! The last step, completed!! It is so surreal. I can...

When I started feeding Addi food I mushed up whatever fresh fruits and veggies we had and she gobbled it down. As she got older we...

The past week we have had so much rain in our little town. For the first time ever I am looking at the endless rain and clouds...

I’m not sure if the feelings I carry with me from our experience with the NICU – fear,  sadness, grief, utter terror – will ever cease...

We went out to our farm the other day while it was being inspected. Being there feels so right. We go out there to look over paperwork or...

Like the spots on a ladybug her new freckles mark just how old she’s become. As I stare at her profile while she works in her schoolbook...

Dylan’s Cousin Tessa was graduating from high school. Grandma Ella, Aunt Judy and Uncle Marty, Aunt Donna and Aunt Pam would be there. We...

There was no messing around on Addi’s last day of preschool. We were going out with a bang and we took it very seriously that this day...

… does that make me a real ballerina?! The right attitude and the right outfit is really all that matters, right?! One day she’ll look...

He is so organized, tidy and so clean. His things have a spot and he is sure to pick up after himself. I rarely have to ask him to do so....

Addi and I, along with her preschool class, toured the elementary school and kindergarten classrooms. Whether or not Addi and I are...

Well, we originally were going to keep it a secret from her. We thought we might fly to California without her knowing our real...

It has taken everything I have not to post about our big, big, big, exciting news. I was worried I would somehow jinx it! Something...

She is so determined to get her name and picture on the split board at gymnastics! She is getting so, so close! I am proud of her...

Preschool field trips are so, so, so much fun. One of Addi’s classmates and close friends, Aundra, lives on a ‘real farm’ and invited the...

As the weather warms up, life starts moving pretty quickly …. it can be hard to keep up!

I managed to escaped, solo —  kidless, hubby-less AND animal-less — to take a little road trip to visit my friend Elizabeth and her...

Just like that, thirty has turned into thirty-one. Time goes by faster with every month. That is what makes me sad. I can deal with the...