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Category Archives: just for fun

waking up

He’s three. So anyone with kids knows when waking up a child from napping it can end pleasantly or look a lot like a bloody Hulk scene in the latest Avengers movie. It’s a crap shoot basically. And yes. He sleeps with his eyes cracked open. Live better. Love more. ♥be

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It’s never too hot for taco soup

The one problem with summer, well, besides the sweltering heat (duh), is that I have a hard time making soups. Soups to me, are winter foods. To warm me up. They are like a great big blanket giving me a great big hug. They are just too hot for summer. But there is one soup,…

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brooke

I am not really sure what to say about Brooke. Except that she is honestly one of the kindest, most genuine and sweet human beings I have come to know. She is one where I would not be surprised if she became the next Mother Teresa or something. She is that amazing. no joke. Plus…

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being a mom

I keep starting to type out my thoughts here and just keep finding myself deleting everything I write. I wanted to write about mother’s yesterday, but again, nothing sounded right when it came out. Maybe because its a complicated subject. It seems as if it should be simple enough, right? We love our kids. We…

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what accomplishment looks like

She told us she was ready, and we kinda brushed the thought off. She is too young, right? She persisted. And on a whim, we caved. She learned to ride a bike without her training wheels in about ten minutes. Maybe we should trust her instincts better next time. Maybe we just don’t want her…

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