Right after we got home last week Andrew mentioned that Riverfest was coming up. We’ve never been before, or even talked about going, but there was a 5K and a kids run we thought would be fun. Upon further investigation we realized we missed our chance register for the run but Emily still could so…
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We Move Forward
For about the last year I have been completely disconnected from the news. Occasionally I’ll run an errand by myself and listen to NPR or Andrew will tell me about a major world event. When we were in Utah I talked with more people were aware of current events and was surprised at what I heard….
4061.4 Miles
We just returned from our 4061.4 mile road trip. The kids were incredible during the majority of the hours on the road. We left June 9 for Utah, driving through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah. We drove from Provo to Salt Lake a number of times during 2.5 weeks and then down to Beaver….
Eight Months
Dear Nathan, This month has been full of fun changes. You officially have two teeth! They came in a few days apart and their final entrance made for a few rough nights. You have very quickly figured out a use for them stripping fruit off its peel or gnawing on vegetables. There is still a…
Blueberries
I washed the first layer of sand out of Emily’s hair tonight, the last night before Andrew returns from a week long trip to New Orleans. Then the three of us gathered around a container of blueberries and ate them one by one, watching the diagonal rain and listening to the whooshing wind. Two exhausted…
Moments
Emily’s baby has a little red dress that my mom made for it around the time Nathan was born. She realized that she had a matching red dress and really wanted to put it on and take pictures with her baby. Then we realized that Nathan was wearing red too. Once everyone was in their…
Project Roundup
The focus of the last three weeks has been projects. I’ve been working every spare minute and with the kids to finish things up and we are finally starting to see some final products. Christmas stockings. Last November after Nathan was born but before the c. diff diagnosis, I discovered these Christmas stockings and loved…
Dabbling in Potty Training and Committing to Cloth Diapers
Between high school and my sophomore year in college, I was a nanny for two different families who both went through potty training. Based on my observations from that era, I decided that I would let my child decide when they are ready to use the bathroom. No marathon juice weekends, little toilets, or setting…