Currently I am wishing I could freeze time. My four kids are at such fun ages and are all at really good spots in their lives. Jeff and I are soaking it in.
 

 
Currently I am laughing a lot and scratching my head as I parent a teenager, two tweens, and one toddler. On this week’s shopping list, I had a note from Rebecca that she needed tampax, eye makeup remover, and contact lens solution. Jeff then texted me that Sam was out of overnight diapers. I briefly wondered if having siblings so spread out is going to be something my children won’t remember favorably when they are older. Then a moment follows where the love is just so intense during an after school tickle fight and it relieves my unspoken fears. (more…)

Right now my life is so much different than it was only 3 months ago. I live in a new house and now I’m the mother of a preschooler, elementary student, middle school student, and a high school freshman at the same time. Chaotic. Awesome. Blessed.
 

 
Right now we are settled into our new home. The main areas are empty. We have no kitchen table, dining room table, or a couch. But what we do have, we now love and adore. And for that, we couldn’t be happier.
 

 

 
Right now I’m reminded how quickly Samantha is growing up. She loves yoga at preschool with teacher Barbie and now her first team experience with soccer. (more…)

Curveballs. Life has thrown quite a few at our family this year but we are blessed.
 

 
Life has been full. Summer camp for Rebecca, swimming and play dates for Emily, water park time for Samantha, and lots of baseball fun for Ben.
 


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Around here life is full of laughter and pigtails.
 

 
Around here the kids are grieving the end of the regular baseball season. Actually they are grieving the closure of the snack bar which is only 25 yards away from our back fence.
 


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