Deck The Alls
Last weekend our family participated in a time-honored annual tradition that unites us with our kinsman around the globe. The annual tradition that heralds the holiday season. The annual tradition that puts gleams in eyes,...
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Flashback Friday: So Logical, It’s Scary
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! My second born Austin has always been the sweetly-oblivious, doesn’t-always-mean-to-be-funny one in...
No. Just…No.
(An actual conversation last week while hanging out with my two youngest at Chick-fil-A. The name of the little punk juvenile delinquent has been changed because I can’t afford a lawsuit.) Haven (four years old):...
Sticker Shock
There are certain things prenatal and parenting classes don’t prepare you for. Oh sure, they cover the basics, like childbirth (“Husbands, get out of the way and let her do her thing. Whatever unhelpful colorful...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. Ready or Not, the Class of 2018 is...
Sent.
Over the last few months our family has charged headlong into a series of firsts. Our oldest, Jacob, has naturally been the one to break us in on the first-time parents thing in just about everything...
The Dregs of Craigs
We’re entering into another week of shopping for a new car for our oldest son, and by “new” I mean “What can we afford if we try to sell his old car that gave up the ghost a...
Flashback Friday: Senior Night
This is a different kind of Flashback Friday. Most weeks, I dig into the archives and pull up an old post. (Haven’t seen it? It’s new to you!) But here’s a fair warning: this may...
18 Really? Really.
My firstborn turns 18 today. Yep, you read that right. I had to go back and read that first sentence a few times, myself. I’ll never forget that brilliantly sunny day in a tiny...
Flashback Friday: Breakfast & Biracial Families
Good grief. The interwebs have their collective panties in a bunch again this week, and the topic is breakfast cereal. Perhaps you’ve seen the furor over the upcoming Super Bowl ad featuring a biracial family...
