A Cricket or Two. Or Thirty.

It’s been a really busy week so I’m putting up a post from the archives, for a laugh (or a few shivers) – however frogs and crickets strike you. I…

Blogging, Courage, Tomatoes and Inspiration

Happy Friday, everyone! I’m joining Jennifer in 7 Quick Takes today. After being “away” last week working on writing deadlines, I feel like there’s a lot to share… 1. Just…

Life’s rough (or not)

Bailey and Charlie catching an afternoon nap… Life’s rough, isn’t it? :) For more “Wordful” / Wordless Wednesday photos, stop by Angie’s SevenClownCircus, Parenting by Dummies, 5MinutesforMom, and A Beautiful Mess.

The color on these birds!

I took the kids to a zoo not far from our house a couple weeks ago. We met my family for sort of an end-of-the-summer day together. It was a great time and…

Something borrowed, something new

Remember the Robin’s nest I told you about in the tree in our front yard? A couple weeks ago, we had another bird try to make a nest on the balcony…

The surprises of being a mom…

The other morning, our house got unusually quiet. I went upstairs to see why, half-expecting something to be wrong. But what I found was my daughter sitting in the sunshine…