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A memory: When Ethan was five years old, he gave me a crumpled napkin that I assumed he wanted me to throw away. I laughed and told him ...

My favorite thing to buy at the beginning of each year was the Life magazine "Year in Pictures." My parents had a few from over th...

Happiest of Happy New Years! We are SO glad that it's 2017! To say that 2016 was not our family's favorite-most year does not ad...

Recently, I was reading a few reviews about some middle-grade books that are new on the market. The reviewers raved about how EVERYone sho...

In past years, I've gone through my photos and posted a photo or two from each month to try to remember what went on throughout the year...

From three years ago:

Having a younger child in the house certainly keeps us laughing. He always manages to say the darndest things. But that's the fun of...

How did we get here? I'm not sure, but today is  the day... ...and Ethan Samuel is officially... 7!!   Happiest of Birthdays...

Looking back, I can see that it's been awhile...a LOOOONG while. So long, in fact, that the last thing I posted was about Edward's...

Happy Groundhog Day! Well, I'm not sure it is happy...if you consider the fact that our ol' friend Punxsutawny Phil saw his shado...

My three sweethearts! A blast from the past. This was from 2011 or 2012. It's amazing how much they've changed over the years...

Last year, Ethan and I read A. A. Milne's  Winnie the Pooh  for school. We fell in love with all the characters and Milne's fantas...

Today, our daughter had an interview for a fairly sizable scholarship for a university she's interested in going to. (I say "fairly...

Sometimes in life an adventure is necessary in order to fill the hearts of our children. Today was one of those days. We traveled 200 miles ...

A new year. It's always difficult to remember everything that happens in a year, but I love how photos can tell that story. I'm a b...