• Adventures,  Kids,  Personal

    Let Them Be Kids

    / May 31, 2026

    These kids have such big imaginations and I’m so glad they’re able to have so much free play and reading. The tradeoff with letting kids be kids is that sometimes it’s easy to…

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  • Adventures,  Kids

    February Family Updates

    / February 27, 2026

    Our very dead Christmas tree is still up. I cooked for the first time in months (Peruvian chicken, Mexican Picadillo, chicken tortilla soup) and this crew must be desperate for home cooked meals…

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  • Kids

    Creative Kids… Back In My Day

    / December 9, 2025

    Fletcher has this icebreaker idea at the dinner table where we pretend we are old folks. In a silly almost Southern accent he says things like, “Back in my day, we didn’t have…

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  • Kids

    Kids September Update

    / September 22, 2025

    Soccer season is done and I’m so relieved! What with baby coming a lot earlier than expected, we’ve had some tender mercies including all our kids having the same coach so able to…

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  • Kids,  Party

    8th Birthday Pool Day

    / June 11, 2025

    Happy 8th Birthday to Walker!!! One of the smartest and most loving little guys I’ve ever known ❤️ Here with his special birthday breakfast sandwiches Jer made for him. His big plans for…

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  • Kids

    Kids Spotlight: March 2025

    / March 30, 2025

    The Smart-Looking One My friends saw me with my new glasses and said, ‘We know you’re smart, and when you wear glasses it totally makes sense!’ F, car ride home March 13, 2025…

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  • Kids,  Party

    Walker’s Favorite Things 7th Birthday

    / June 6, 2024

    We have had 7 beautiful years with our silly sweet boy! Favorite game:  MinecraftFavorite song: Take on Me by Aha Favorite thing to do: Anything with Dad- playing video games, cuddling, biking, reading, building stuffWhen I…

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