We have many Christmas traditions.  Many of which revolve around food.  One of which is Christmas cake.  I've been making this cake for ...

I love my oldest.  He is a great kid.  He is funny and self confident.  He kind of defies description. I happened upon this video on Faceb...

It's been a week today.  So far, so good.  Remember my surgeon uses a low carb pre-op diet, not a liquid one.  I think the hardest meal ...

Ok this is really not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but it drives me crazy!  Why are we still calling girls' teams Lady Whate...

Sunday Michael and I were going to church at two different times.  I knew he told me that Rehm was going with him.  Charlotte and Ruby had b...

Today marks the start of my pre-op diet. Many surgeons have patients do a 2 week liquid diet prior to surgery.  My surgeon is not one of the...

Everyone has a different "why." And I'm writing about this not to justify it for anyone else but so I have my "why"...

Its been a long time.  I miss blogging.  Its always been my sanity.  I stopped mostly because my kids asked me to.  They did not want their ...

I'm updating the blog bio for all of us, but after reading through the current one I decided I should post this one so that it did not g...

Here is a Facebook post from Rehm, posted today: "As I have been reflecting on the inauguration and what was said I saw something in th...

My kids keep telling me I need to get back to blogging.  So here I am.  I do really miss it. Charlotte is getting a new Language Arts teac...

Ruby has been working very hard in gymnastics.  She recently got her front hip circle on the bar.  I would tell you what that is but I can...

I was helping Eliza Claire clean up in her room this weekend.  We were cleaning out her closet, getting rid of all her shoes that were too s...

I took the bigs to get their back to school sneakers this week.  Rehm started band camp this week and Charlotte has dance team camp next wee...

First of all I know some of you are wondering what in the world a INB is.  It is an Interactive Notebook.  Many middle school and high schoo...

Here are some of the best pictures from our quick photo shoot while at the beach.  Mom likes to have a picture of all five of the grandkids ...

My dear, wonderful husband may have rolled his eyes when he caught saw me purchasing this family picture at the NC Aquarium.  I knew he wou...

So we've had a bit of time to get away from each other.  Yes, we have spent a lot of time in our own rooms or at least in different room...

Maybe in my case today it wasn't so much necessity as laziness.  I'll go with necessity and thinking outside the box though. I hav...

Today I took the kiddos to see Finding Dori.  We don't have Charlotte with us this week.  She is at the beach with friends of ours, help...