One year ago we were packing up and driving north to our new home. This time to the tiny farming and ranching town of Choteau, Montana....

… I love thee. I had to go back and look through photos to figure out the last time we were in Missoula. The kids and I were back briefly...

After spying on Addi reading a book, cuddled on her Dora couch, I knelt beside her as said, “You know Addi, maybe you should pass on your...

I am wishing, and wishing hard for spring. I dream of warm, lazy days laying in the grass watching my kids play. I long for evening walks...

Nothing scares a mama of a premature baby more than three little letters, RSV. During LW’s first winter we kept him very isolated....

XOXOXO   Hugs & Kisses    XOXOXO Landon and I joined Addison at preschool for her Valentine party. We read books, exchanged valentines,...

Addi woke me up about 3 am, “Mama, I need a bath. I had a potty accident.” In a middle-of-the-night-slumber I undressed her, ran a warm...

Maybe it’s the natural nurturing instinct, the involuntary release of the love hormone, oxytocin, or maybe it’s simply their cute, new...

She already knows everything.  In her words, her brain is full and there is no more room to learn anything else. She’s pretty sure she is...

These two munchkins are constantly embraced in some sort of hug or kiss, even during bath time we are feeling the love between them.

I think of the four-wheel drive, cold mornings and frosted windows. Daddy just sees endless mounds of heavy snow he will repeatedly move...

Weekend getaways need not be fancy to be effective. Just getting out of the same ‘ol routine for a couple days is refreshing and...

Walking and teeth — these words pretty much sum up the past several weeks. He now is closer to two years old than one year old. He is so...

I’m not special. Every mommy, working or non-working, in the history of the universe wishes they had more hours in the day. Juggling what...

Addison could not wait for Daddy to get home to celebrate his birthday. He had barely walked into the door and he had his present and...

Well, we did it. Our family adopted for the Christmas season a North Pole elf, a personal friend and assistant to the one and only Santa...

This year we continued our yearly tradition of getting our family Christmas card photo while in the woods choosing our tree. This picture...

Auntie Sara sent the kids the best shirts ever! They are so perfect that they deserve their own post! May I introduce, Thing 1 and Thing...

It started over 50 years ago when Grandpa Jeff was 15 months old. It continued with Daddy at 14 months and Uncle Spencer at 13 months and...

Christmas is a time when spoiling our children brings me great joy. The look on their innocent faces when they open just what they asked...