Garage Sale Saturday 26 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm

I woke up early Saturday ready to Garage Sale.  I haven't hit a garage sale in months, maybe a year, and I needed to find Ethan a helmet. I nudged Emry awake cause what fun is shopping without a partn...

Blankies 22 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm

Every few months for the last year or so when I'd tuck Lila in for the night I'd say "Lila, how about we get you a new blanket?" The answer was always no, as she held her blanket, the same one she s....

Mothers who Know 20 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm

Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their h...

I 16 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am

I took this picture in L.A. I feel it gives me the street cred I've lost since living in Utopia. I didn't blog once this summer.  I didn't want to.  I didn't miss it. I applied sunblock to kids like i...

THIS is Summer!!!!!!!!! 6 Jul 2013 | 07:24 pm

Little Mermaid 29 Jun 2013 | 08:06 pm

Emry has another Play under her belt with the production of 'A Little Mermaid'.  She was cast as a Sailor, a Mer-person, a chef and a princess.  She was basically a part of the ensemble (no speaking p...

Lately We're Enjoying............ 21 Jun 2013 | 06:50 am

* making banana muffins * sleeping in * watching an episode of 'Murder She Wrote' every night * checking out tons of books for the summer * the beach with cousins * evening picnics at the park * the ...

To My Dad 16 Jun 2013 | 07:38 pm

1975  My dad is holding me, there were still 4 boys to follow Happy Father's Day to my Dad.  The one who worked so hard to put food on the table.  Who expected us to work hard & get along.  Whose lov...

17 9 Jun 2013 | 10:41 am

To the Birthday Girl 3 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm

August 2007 Pantages Theater  'Wicked' I could make this the mushiest post that ever was written, but I won't.  Would Shauna love it?  Yes, but then again is it really appropriate to write passionate...