Today my Thomas turns eleven. No longer able to show his age on his hands he is now officially in the tween stage. Luckily, this age seems...

This past weekend Wisconsin saw temperatures in the upper 50s. Sunday it was 60 and sunny. The warm temperatures gave me a chance to finally...

Today my firstborn turns thirteen. I am now in possession of a teenager. And I couldn't be prouder. I don't know how this all ha...

Ben. My baby boy. He is nine years old today. We celebrated Ben's birthday yesterday with pizza and cake and his grandmas', his go...

January came in like a lion, fiercely roaring with wickedly cold weather and hectic schedules and new worries. It took us a little while to ...

Last night as we prepared to say goodbye to 2015 the kids and I reflected on all that happened to us during this past year and we couldn...

It was one of the best Christmases I can remember. It truly was magical. Despite it being a bit of a minimal Christmas the gifts were a comp...