Monthly Archive: August 2008

Another emphatic “Heck NO, we won’t be sending our kids to school!” Of all the aspects of my life, this is always one area that I just get more sure of, more validated about, and more excited about as time goes on. I am just so thankful for the life we lead. I see the …

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That’s how Paxton described his 8th birthday party this weekend. We had it at an indoor/outdoor amusement place that we’d never been to before – so it wasn’t without its moments of confusion – but overall it was a raging success. The kids (and the parents too, the best that I could tell) all had …

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Spencer was mad yesterday. Madder than I’ve seen him in awhile. As a parent, it’s hard to see your kids upset in any way, and especially hard when their pressure is coming from within. He wasn’t mad at me, wasn’t mad at anyone other than himself. It was anger that came from frustration. He’d just …

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The blame – or the credit, as the case may be – for our most recent vacation lies largely on Mike. It all started when Erika, a casual online acquaintance in Utah, became a good friend. Mike smelt a road trip. We’d never been to Utah, and were needing a vacation. It was all hypothetical …

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My precious boy, enjoying some “girl time” with Anabelle And my precious girl, enjoying her new car seat:

Once again, time has gotten away from me, and I know that the blogs that have written themselves in my head will never make their way to the computer. But I would be remiss not to at least briefly mention our first-ever family trip to a Diamondbacks game. I have to admit, I wasn’t really …

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