In stark contrast to the super flattering image from yesterday, I have to post this amazing picture taken by #thehubby at Nugget Falls...

A huge Thank You to #thehubby for doing his very best at capturing beautiful images on our family vacation. I’ll forever cherish the...

We made it safely home from our 2024 family vacay at 3:04am this morning after some flight delays.  The cats woke me up at 5:13am,...

Always remember to stop and smell the flowers like my sweet #bodhicat. He’ll be 20 in July and he has slowed down so much. He sleeps most...

This is all I want today: cards with their little handwriting, handmade gifts, some weird squishy things from a drawer somewhere, a box...

Friends, I need your help! We are taking a #bucketlist trip to Alaska the first part of June to celebrate #thehubby’s 50th birthday!!...

Tell me you’re at a kid’s birthday party without telling me you’re at a kid’s birthday party. I feel like people are either all in with...

TW: suicide. The #bigkid came home from school yesterday, excited and ready to tell us about his new seat mates and friends. He shares a...

Halloween Party 2022. What. Just. Happened?? I started this tradition at 19 years of age - nearly 20 years ago. Long before kids, and...

Today has been a big day. Like, life changing. I took the morning to go on a field trip with the #fivester. It was the perfect, cool day...

You know I couldn’t let the day pass without wishing my #bff Erin-Says a Happy, Happy Birthday!! Erin and I met 16 years ago, when I was...

Five years.  Today marks five years since you left us. I miss our talks and laughing until we cried. I’m so much stronger now than I was...

Today has been full of emotions for me. We are headed back from St. Pete Beach. My parents used to take my brother and I here for Spring...

Nothing is sweeter than how a child wakes up singing. A short time ago, the #threenager sprung out of bed and hopped downstairs, joyfully...

Soooo, I’ve been sick since last night and Daddy is handling mostly everything because he’s awesome. I wish my kids hadn’t been playing...

As I sat on the edge of my bathtub last night sobbing - surrounded by kids’ toys and used washcloths and eczema lotion - it hit me just...

I dreamed of my sister last night. It happens frequently and she’s there, just like she used to be. We're at a birthday party, or...

How amazing is this picture? My mom’s friend took it today at Fort Snelling, where we laid my grandpa to rest in 2014. This picture makes...

The joys of parenthood are endless; the sweet smiles, watching your children grow and learn, knowing you'll never love anyone else on...

Happy Friday! I started this blog last week after reading a hilarious bit about the mom who wrote a brutally honest Christmas letter. ...