what do you do when you can’t decide which picture you like better? i usually post both. for instance…in the top picture, i love being able to see chase’s beautiful eyes and colt looks somewhat “happy” in spite of my insisting on getting a “hat” picture on our way to the baordwalk. however, i like […]

“when i grow up, i want to be a frog…and live outside in the backyard. and when you come outside, i’ll say, “pssssst. down here. don’t step on me.”” ~chase (7 yrs.) “EWWWWW…undies! i’m not gonna fold anything boyish…because they have had BUTT in them. BOY BUTT!!” ~aiden; while helping me fold laundry (5 yrs.) […]

i have mastitis…..AGAIN. on the off chance that any of you reading this are male…i would encourage you to just let this one go by. this is nothing you really care to know about. trust me. i had never heard of mastitis until shortly after my oldest little man was born. these are the things […]

colton (9), chase (7) and aiden (5) first day of school the sweet pea on her first day of kindergarten * everything about her exhibits a calm spirit and quiet patience. she has become accustomed to waiting her turn. she has always had two others who have gone before her…as she quietly stands in the […]

i pose the question, because if you don’t have time, i’d rather you not start. i need you to appreciate the details of my story, because only then can you appreciate the circumstances leading up to the telling of the story. and there is nothing that hurts my feelings more, than for someone to not […]

she’s witty. i’ll give her that. it’s really interesting to see how the kids differ in their comedic stylings. colt…smart humor. chase…innocent humor. aiden…witty. she’s coming into her own these days. she used to sit back and graciously let “her boys” get the attention and the laughs, all the while learning and tweaking and forming […]

i never will blog about chad being out of town when he is actually out of town. he was in cuba the week before last for a little over a week. i was a little worried about this trip because of a menagerie of reasons, one of them being that i knew we would have […]

my skin care regimen has been upgraded from washing my face with whatever is available…commonly, these: to this: to hopefully avoid any more of these: actually, this picture was taken after i had been using my new “stuff” for about a month. i really wish i had a before picture. one of the selling points […]