Snips of Snails And Puppy Dog Tails

  When we take a backpacking trip with the kids, I always get lots of questions about what we pack in our backpacks to sleep in the back co...

  While I was perusing the web today, I came across a lovely little news story link to a blog.  The blog, Sham of the Perfect , is a coll...

  This morning as I sit and watch a beautiful sunrise on my 22nd wedding anniversary, I am reflecting.  Last night, my husband and I went o...

I was approached last spring by our head track coach, who is also my brother, and was asked if I would consider being the assistant track c...

  I am an expert on boys.  I am the mother of three of them.  Let me be clear about something....I love my boys dearly, but they are gross ...

  Nine years ago, we built our forever home.  We finished it up within a couple of weeks of our the birth of our third son, Carter.  Just in...

    Our family has now passed the one year mark since we cut sugary treats out of our diet.  When we began the diet change out of desperatio...

Have you ever had an experience that when it is over, you just know that it will be one of those experiences that you will never forge...

   Each year, I ask my K students the question...."Why do we celebrate Christmas?".  This year, I asked each student individually...

      Our family dreams of travel.  Constantly.  We thrive on adventure and seeing new places and hiking and backpacking and canoeing a...