Here we are again sitting at the Orthodontist's office for my fifth's second round of braces. Howdy friends. Happy Wednesday to you all....

*This post is officially rated PG13 for marital dilemmas and slightly scary campsite bathroom humor. Don't say I didn't warn you. Hey...

I still drop my jaw just a little when I remember my oldest telling me how much he missed my chili. Hi friends. It's a beautifully chilly...

Having kids opens a door to a new level of mental, physical and emotional exhaustion that you didn't know existed. Morning friends. It's...

Tis the season of emptying the photo cupboard to find various and sundry pictures of your graduate, hoping you don't mix that baby pic...

Being the teesy bit Mexican that we are meant at least one obligatory year of Spanish in High School. Hi friends. Shout out to the sweet...

I'm trying to squeeze in a long-lost bit of catching up while listening to the delightful older couple behind me talk about going home...

I'm breaking down the peppers in a skillet and slicing up an onion, turning to let a few tears from cutting them burn my eyes a bit while...

It's a squint-your-eyes to look outside kinda snow day today. Happy Friday Friends. Snow just never gets old to me. I now know what a...

I'm enchanted with a woman's laughter at the table beside me, her gray hair half-swept in a sparkly clip and also with the man in the...

How can it be the week of Christmas already? Hello friends, you doin' okay? Are you on the continual hunt for tape and scissors like I...

Merry December friends. Ahh, December. That month of all things Jesus and glistening snow and yet the most stressful of the entire year....

Hello friends. A very blessed Tuesday to you all. The house smells like Pumpkin from pies baking in the oven and the kids are ALMOST done...

Good Monday afternoon friends. It's been a hot minute since I've had opportunity to encourage my faithful few here. To say getting school...

My Father-in-law handed me a few old pictures of my husband and I a week ago telling me that he found them while cleaning out something....

I'm not the kind of Mom to tell you that you must hang-on to these moments before they're gone. Hi friends. Hope your first day of Fall...

A trumpet sounds long, low blasts of notes upstairs during a skype lesson while the girls navigate our first year of video schooling...

After this week, I think I can easily state that I need to relinquish my title as "The Fun Planner" of our family. I'm back at Panera...

I had coffee late (too late) in the evening and now I'm up and the pup has already taken possession of my side of the bed. It's a grand...

The dog-days of Summer are just at our heels and I am still trying to learn what it is to be a good "Dog Mom." Greetings friends. Happy...