It’s difficult watching our kids grow up. I recently wrote an open letter to my daughters as they prepare to get their first teenage drivers licenses. So many things have changed since they were little and we first started documenting ...
It’s no secret that we have a house full of shoe-lovers. Madison won’t admit it, but she loves wearing the proper shoe for the task, no matter the style. Kennedy, on the other hand, shops by brand before utility. And Nicole has ...
You’re in the market for a new costume for yourself or the kids. But you want to know what’s cool and hip this year (are those words still cool?). You’ll find plenty of Halloween costume guides published every year, but mo ...
How did the chicken sneak across the road? In his sneakers, of course! Ba-dum-bum! Okay, so telling jokes isn’t really my thing. What is funny is how some memories come back to you at the oddest times and that recently happened when w ...
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. Hectic schedules are the norm as pretty much every school activity hit the calendar over the past couple of weeks. Among those, Spring Break followed by the actual arrival of spring a week ago. Then ...
Kids grow up so fast and their personalities can change on a dime. One day, Madison will want nothing but graphic t-shirts or a hoodie. The next, she wants something “nice”. As a high school freshman, I don’t know what to ...
Thank you JCPenney Optical for sponsoring this post. Visit your local JCPenney Optical to find your perfect frames! It’s that time of year again. The time where moms and dads toast to the return of a ‘normal’ schedu ...
Today is Madison’s last day of Junior High. In a couple short months she will officially be a high school student. With each day, I continue to see changes in how she presents and expresses herself from head to toe. A month or so ago ...
At 47 years old, you would think that I would have outgrown the problem of blushing whenever someone mentions anything unmentionable. Yes, I turn beet red at the slightest inference to (shhhh) S-E-X. But I’m also talking about the oth ...
Once (or twice) upon a time in a prior life, I was a direct marketing rep. This was well before you could hawk your wares on the internet so the landscape of the business was very different back then. We held actual events in homes or at th ...
