When I heard the news about Reed, less than an hour after his passing, I was inconsolable. I finally reached Clint in London, but we were only able to speak a few moments. I didn’t sleep at all that night, tossing and turning. The next day was a blur of tears and phone calls. I [...]

Yesterday we laid our dear friend Reed to rest. It was the culmination of 3 days misery for all of us. He died Sunday evening of a heart attack. A man that always felt old was only 33 when he died; he will never grow old. In his short life he made a tremendous impact [...]

It should come as no surprise to any of you that the decorating has begun! Maybe you are surprised I waited this long? Yesterday I got everything out and organized….first things first you know! We keep the Christmas tree in a trash can, of all things, that I have decided to call the “Barrel-O-Joy” because [...]

Today I ventured to the mall to exchange some shoes I could have swore fit me when I left the store with them a week ago. When I realized that didn’t have my actual size, or anything else that would do, I decided to look elsewhere. So Conner, Maylee, and I are strolling through the [...]

Okay, so my baby isn’t a baby anymore. She is one year old and well on her way to independence. I miss her already just thinking about how fast this year has gone by. Conner should still be a small fry and Maylee shouldn’t be walking and drinking out of CUPS! I am tossing out [...]

I sat down to blog about the birthday party and decided to check-up on Clint’s blog first. After reading his post about Maylee, I decided my birthday party recap could wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Miss Maylee’s birthday party…so today is crunch-time to get everything done. I started on Thursday evening. But no project around here is without adventure. To sum it up……the gingerbread men-sugar cookies don’t have frosting scarves..they have frosting hearts…..since I learned that the pampered chef cake decorating kit doesn’t come with the chef….and I [...]

Today is Maylee’s first birthday and I can’t believe it is here already! A year ago right now I was in labor and hoping they weren’t going to send me home again! I also hadn’t slept in 36 hours! The epidural was really late but thankfully the doctor wasn’t! We are so blessed to have [...]

Okay, now that Halloween is over, the Holiday season has officially begun at our house. I’m not rushing Christmas, I’m referring to the whole Holiday season. Thanksgiving to New Year’s. I have all these ideas of things I want to do different, the same, and new things to try altogether. But it would be different [...]