Happy 9th Birthday Maxim!

Dear Maxim, I can hardly believe that today, our baby is nine years old! It seems like just yesterday you were in your bouncy chair on the deck, enjoying some great sunshine. Chillin' on our deck Every year on your birthday, I reminisce about your grand entrance into the world. Your big brother was so excited for ...

Fun Friday Favorites: Birthday celebrating, spring break, and being brave

Well. My apologies for not writing a blog post last week. I've got two words...spring break. Yes. Last week the boys had a week off from school and we celebrated hard. We started out their spring break by celebrating Nate's 13th birthday on Friday, March 9th. Actually, we celebrated on birthday eve (Thursday night, the ...

Happy 13th Birthday Nate!

Dear Nate, I am still in shock...we have a TEENAGER!!! I can't believe that today you are 13 years old! Over the past few years, I've reminisced on the blog about how you came into this world. You can click on the links to read about Nate's grand entrance into the world that took place on ...

Happy 8th Birthday Maxim!

Dear Maxim, It's hard to believe that today you are 8 years old. EIGHT!!! Time is flying by so fast!! I can remember the day you were born so vividly. My water broke at 7:00 while we were eating Papa Murphy's pizza and you meant business because three hours later, you arrived at 37 1/2 weeks! You came ...

Fun Friday Favorites: 45 years and still…the BEST is yet to come!

Today is a SUPER special day. It's Hubby's birthday! He is 45 years old and looking as smokin' hot as EVER. #boom I intended on writing a typical Fun Friday Favorites post with great fashion and a recipe and family life, but then. As I pondered this special day (you know me...birthdays are HUGE. We celebrate ...

Fun Friday Favorites: Spring cleaning products and a few other good finds at Target

Gosh, I can't believe it is Friday!!! I feel like it's been the busiest week ever. I've been gone every single night and today, I am ready for it to be the weekend. #slowdownspring It's been so long since I've done a Fun Friday Favorites post & I've missed it. How about you?! Today is a random ...

Giving thanks at Thanksgiving and always

Well, hello dear readers! It has been too long! And tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Bring on the  green bean casserole, mashed potatoes & gravy, appetizers, pie, and rolls. Oh, and the turkey. (Can you tell I love me some carbs??!!!) Many things have been consuming me, with writing my book proposal at the very top of the ...

20th year class reunion at Central…we showed up and we did it well.

I'm just going to start out right now and say it. Friends, I've got some BIG FEELS. My heart is all huge and FULL because last weekend, I was with some of the best people ever. People who I met twenty-four years ago. People who met this brown haired, BIG bushy eyebrowed girl from New Sharon as she ...