After returning from Utah we had one week to unpack, start a few projects that I had been loosing sleep over while traveling, and pack up again for our road trip. We left for Erie, Pennsylvania on Thursday morning. This trip completely snuck up on me and it was a scramble that morning to get…
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Utah Highlights
On July 6 (Thursday) we packed up the car and headed for the airport in Chicago from my parents house. We arrived just in time to get through security with Andrew’s help (he got a buddy pass because of my being sick), get everyone to the bathroom and water bottles filled up, find our gate,…
The End of June and Iowa Highlights
Way back in June, Andrew had a week long conference in Ohio. I was still sick and needed help getting food before I even got out of bed. My parents and sister decided to come for the weekend to half the days I would be alone with kids. On Saturday we played around the house…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
One of my favorite memories as a kid is flying kites with my dad in Rochester, NY when we visited my Grandma Moose. We walked to the local school that my dad went to for our flying expeditions. At the end we would walk back chanting, “Orange juice and ice cubes, orange juice and ice…
Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence
The last few months I’ve struggled with discouragement. There’s plenty of rough things about having a mom and and wife who is lying down the majority of the time in a 24 hour period and completely reliant on others for much needed food. I’ve had loads of time to think myself into dark places: about…
Mushrooms
In March I took the kids on a couple mile bike ride and then we paused at the celery bog on the kids request. This was at the beginning of the morning sickness when throwing up didn’t deter exercise, before I realized just how much it aggravated my situation. Once we arrived I quickly discovered…
Memorial Day Weekend 2017
This Friday-Sunday was pretty rough on the morning sickness front. I spent all but a few collective hours in bed during those three days. We almost finished our wooden box project, went on a short walk, and had a typical Sunday talking with family. Andrew and the kids did loads of other fun things I’m sure….
Watching Creativity Develop
The last few months Emily’s creativity is starting to become amazingly fun to watch. I love sitting from the sidelines as she comes up with her own ideas and spends loads of time carrying out her plans. A few weeks ago after we had cleaned up her room a little bit, she and Nathan stood by…