Tonight, I was texting my sister and talking about Colin's birthday and she said "Remember when he would make me draw toes on sno...

When we made the switch from homeschooling to public school, I remember the morning that we visited the school and learned about the differe...

Colin, still 11, on the shores of Lake Michigan This boy is turning 12 years old today!  At the moment, he's 2000 miles away, but...

There's no doubt that I love all my children.  Desperately, passionately, loudly at times. They all have their quirks, and they all have...

Colin turned to me in the car a couple days ago and said "Hey, Mom!  In 5 years I'll be driving!!"  When I told Bo the story...

Having a 10 year old boy at home is extremely helpful when you're too sick to go much farther than from your bed to the bathroom.  He ...

Colin has had a pretty full week.  He decided to run for student council late last week, so this week we created his poster and he wrote a...

We found out last week that Colin won FIRST PLACE in a district-wide writing contest!  He entered in the Short Story category, and his story...

Colin began wearing glasses when he was 6.  A couple months before he turned 10 (September), his new glasses prescription was for bifocals. ...

I am flying back to Arizona early this morning and will land about 10AM.  Bo will meet me at the airport with our boys and we will head out ...

The first quarter is in the books, as they say, and I had my first experience with parent/teacher conferences this afternoon. Colin made h...

My Wordless Wednesday photo was of Colin, my 9yo, sitting at one of our local bookstores.  We were there because our library doesn't hav...

Here's a video of part of the boys' game from last week. They have had a great time this season, and have worked with awesome coach...

Like every other parent, at numerous milestones, I find myself incredulous that my son turned 9 today.  WHERE did the time go? Didn't I...