We took one day off from the beach to go river rafting on the Pere Marquette River. We held family reunions at this mid-Michigan river every year when I was little, so it holds lots of memories for me. There was no way I was going to bring my nice…
I’m cutting it close for squeezing in our annual fall snapshot, but the week of Thanksgiving still counts as fall, right? Without further ado, here is our 2013 snapshot in words (and a few pictures), capturing the here and now. The most prominent change in our lives is Troy’s work…
I’ve seen lots of back-to-school ideas and I knew I wanted to start a tradition in our family with the launch of the new school year. We had a fancy first day of school dinner party to commemorate the big event. As I sat the table in the dining room…
A slight panic washed over me this week. I was listening to Nash happily singing every song he knows in the backseat with his own variations when it dawned on me. He will never be this age again. His smile will change. His cute lisp will subside. His voice will…
The adventures continued at Disneyland for a second and third day. One of the best parts of our trip was spending it with our good friends Nathan and Alisa from Denver. We were expecting this vacation to be chock-full of late night games after putting the kids to bed, but…
It’s Nash’s Golden Birthday today. Technically, it has been two years since he was born. I feel like I snapped and my baby suddenly turned into a walking, talking, personality-filled little boy. Two reasons I adore Nash: 1. His vocabulary has taken off and every day seems to grow exponentially….
I didn’t think that anyone could love his nie-night and thumb more than Blake. I’m not sure how the term “nie-night” was even coined to represent the loveys in our household. But somehow it caught on, because Nash might be even more attached to his beloved nie-night and thumb than Blake….
Nash hit the half-way mark to two. Less of a baby, more of a little boy. I can hardly believe that Nash is 18 months old already. He has been my roomie here in Michigan and I can’t get enough of pulling him into my bed each morning for a…
