So my summer family photos didn’t look quite right for our Christmas card this year, and I didn’t want to ask my family to get dressed up for another photo shoot. But. Jim and I had a date night planned, and Ali was coming to babysit, and it was a beautiful day, and our neighborsContinue reading “Fall Family Photos”
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Blogiversary
I’ve been blogging here for 10 years. (What?!) I have over 900 posts and over 56,000 page views, which means each post has been seen an average of 62 times. That’s crazy! I started this blog in 2007 when I found out I was pregnant with JT as a way to keep our story, andContinue reading “Blogiversary”
Finishing Flag Football
We finished a great season of flag football last weekend. Jim was so thrilled to be able to be the assistant coach, and JT grew a lot as a player. We learned that he is fast. At least, compared to most of the other kids. He learned how to take an angle and run downContinue reading “Finishing Flag Football”
New mud room!
When we moved into our house, we made a list of things we wanted to change, as I’m sure most people do. The floors were on the list. We changed out the family room carpet as soon as possible, because it smelled like wet dog. But everything else has been on hold because our outsideContinue reading “New mud room!”
First Snow
There was a lot of excitement in our area this week as we had our first snow! It was quite a shock to wake up to a couple of inches on Thursday, November 2nd. (What?!) It snowed off and on all day and it was soooo pretty. Then on Sunday, we received snow again andContinue reading “First Snow”
Halloween
We had a wonderful time spending Halloween with our neighbors and friends again this year. Haley went to open gym at her gymnastics facility first, and then we met up with everyone for pizza at the Drew house. Then we went trick-or-treating with four families represented and lots of running around at dusk. After hittingContinue reading “Halloween”
New bathroom!
Jim has been hard at work the last two weekends replacing the bathroom floor in our upstairs hall bathroom. Like any project, there were more steps than we’d planned but I am so happy with the results! He laid new floor, removed the random towel rack, and installed a new toilet. Next up: the laundryContinue reading “New bathroom!”