We’re a month into the school year and the kids are settling in well. Annie has started her 8,000 different school-related activities, and James is figuring out the new system and routine of a kindergarten classroom. They both have FANTASTIC teachers who we adore and couldn’t be more perfect for each of them if I’d…

< Read More >

Yesterday we threw my cousin, Leah, a baby shower in honor of the baby girl she’ll be having soon. I am SO EXCITED for another baby in the family, and since the last two were boys I’m especially excited for a little girl. They are so much fun to shop for with all of those…

< Read More >

Thank you all for your cross stitch suggestions and advice! I’m really enjoying looking through everything and bookmarking different projects and patterns I want to try. As I’ve been taking the time to heal my back and recharge my brain, it’s nice to do something creative just for me (and for my cousin Leah’s soon-to-arrive…

< Read More >

So my back. I got an x-ray last Monday, and after a brief period where one of the doctors thought I might have a compression fracture in my sacroiliac joint (which is where a couple of the bones that make up the pelvis come together), it was determined that it was a really, really bad…

< Read More >