While we discuss the issue of laundry, I thought you also might want to see some adorable pictures of my oldest, modeling my handmade newspaper backdrop that I used for some Valentine’s Day pictures. About a week ago, I mentioned a game changer in my daily routine. As the saying goes, it takes twenty-one days […]

We are all thankful in this house that it’s a new week.  The stomach bug flew rampant through our house over the weekend, and thankfully it was here and gone before we knew it.  It wasn’t a lingering bug, thank goodness.  No one had to miss school (but James, who was the last to get […]

I’ve recently discovered a game changer in my life that I’ve tried once before but failed at, and really, really desperately hope I can continue doing. And I pinky promised it with James before the beginning of the year.  So there. The game changer decision came after being buried in laundry for a few weekends […]

Over two years ago, I blogged about the boys’ bedroom. I posted before pictures, and I talked about how projects ALWAYS take a lot longer than we anticipate.  I never posted after pictures, because well, we are finally just finishing the final touches on the room.  We got a little complacent after I jumped the gun […]

It’s one of our favorite times of year when James’s brother and his family make the trek from New Hampshire to visit us. So we had an amazing second week of break–we spent it eating (of course!), playing games, watching a few movies, visiting the Y a bajillion times and catching up.  It’s been a […]

Having a husband who is a teacher has big perks–one of them being that he doesn’t have to work when kids aren’t in session.  And this year, that meant two full weeks off from school.  That’s never something to complain about, and we really enjoy having him around all the time.  It’s always so hard […]

Last January, I started a story project.  A project that involved taking at least one photo a day that represented our real life.  Our everyday.  I started without knowing if I would have the ambition to see the project to the end.  I was hopeful, but as with all things that we so fervently throw […]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours.  May you be filled with the joy of all things wonderful–of love, and family, and Jesus . . . of giving and receiving, and friends and tidings of good cheer. I will be taking a little blogging break during this holiday season.  Blessings to you […]

I sat down specifically in the place where he told me to.  Not one to the left.  And not one to the right (well, then I would’ve been sitting on his teacher’s lap).  He pointed it out and said, “sit right there!  so you can be across from me”.  So I plopped my behind down […]

Perhaps I lost count somewhere, and I think I’m a day off, but today I just took my 349th daily picture of the year. . . well, I guess it wasn’t actually the 349th that I’ve taken since I’ve missed a few.  But you get the point.  That’s a lot of days.  And you know? […]