For Christmas, my sisters and I gifted our folks a preplanned Memorial weekend trip camping together with all of our husbands, kids, and dogs. We originally booked the lakeside campground that our family’s frequented for generations (my grandparents took their honeymoon there and both sets of THEIR parents famously crashed it), but an unforeseen infestation of fire ants canceled our reservation. In lieu of the mountains, we wound up at the coast and had the campground, the beach, a river, …
Blog Posts
The summer before middle school, I moved with my mom into one of the first homes built in a new subdivision. Our house was surrounded by bare lots, for-sale signs, …
Our sweet (and sometimes sour) Firstborn went and turned SIXTEEN years old. We spent the weekend celebrating her. She and her best buds have an informal Homeschool Fight Club (but …
It’s been too long since we’ve had a proper photo dump; my poor iPhone is filled to the brim with snapshots. Homeschool keeps our calendars full and our vehicles exercised, …
Resurrection Day is the holiest day of our liturgical year, Easter Sunday being the metaphorical Superbowl of our faith. We observed less-than-traditionally this year, skipping in-person church service for a …
Husband and I were recently blessed with a kid-free weekend under the bright lights of Las Vegas, alongside my sisters and their husbands. None of us gamblers, our wolfpack of …
Last weekend we rang in Lunar New Year, Chinese-style: ’round the table with a great big family feast. Threat of freezing rain caused several guests to cancel last minute, and …
‘Twas a very merry Christmastide, indeed. The sum of our hijinks and revelry has certainly made the season bright. We are grateful for this annual blessing of festively acknowledging humanity’s …
Feeling especially grateful for the abundance of blessing in our lives this year, we opted to celebrate Thanksgiving not once but twice. My youngest, newlywed sister (alongside her groom) hosted …
Social Profiles