Today marks one year since my dad died.  I sat here for about 10 minutes trying to decide what phrase to use -- passed on, passed away, ...

Last year found us rejoicing when Nate recovered from his weird illness (no relapses! no real answers either!), and watching my dear father...

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...

A couple years ago, Bo bought an ATV.  And then a buggy. And then another ATV.  And another buggy.  (Okay, I don't really know a...

 A few months ago, some things fell into place and Bo found an amazing deal on this RV.  We have talked about buying an RV for years, b...

Nate played on the Hungarian team at camp, and made chocolate chip bars decorated like the Hungarian flag. Every summer, we choose ca...

Greystoke is the beautiful cat in this picture, who was rescued by my sister this week. But this picture really isn't about the cat. It...

This is a very difficult "Tell Me Thursday" post to write. This picture is my hand in my father's hand, taken sometime last ...

Some of you may remember back in November when I mentioned that Nate had a mysterious illness that affected his ability to walk.  He had 2  ...

“For last year's words belong to last year's language  And next year's words await another voice.”  ― T.S. Eliot I've done ...

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

A few weeks ago, I pushed a bit hard and finally got Bo to agree to work on re-doing the boys' bedrooms.  We had talked about heading to...

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...

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Yep, today is my birthday!  As the picture shows, I was born with a ton of hair - as I'm only a couple days old in this shot. My hus...

Considering that it is still 116 outside, I know many do not believe summer is over, but my kids started school last week, which signals the...

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

I started this blog nine years ago . I had been reading blogs (none of which exist anymore) and I felt like a bit of a voyeur always readi...

My middle child turns 10 today.  He has been excited for this birthday for a long time, because not only does he turn "double digits...