This past week I’ve found myself in some incredibly uncomfortable situations, some volunteered for and others blindsiding me. My inadequacies and lack of skills were on display, on repeat. I felt like I was eight years old, twelve years old, fifteen years old, twenty years old with all sorts of memories bubbling up and compounding my…
Family
Andrew’s 27! (about a month ago)
Andrew officially hit 27 years old on the 27th of June. He spent his golden birthday at a conference in New Orleans. He received a lovely singing voicemail from his favorite girls to commemorate the official day, but the actual celebrating of the birthday happened last Friday. We talked about celebrating on Saturday, but Emily and I…
DIY Sprinkler Fun
We really enjoyed all of the water playing we did in Utah from swimming to sprinklers to spray bottles and buckets. I especially loved the kid exhaustion that followed with guaranteed naps or bedtime. We don’t have great access to a pool here (driving to and from and swimming with two completely dependent children is…
Riverfest
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…
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…