What I Learned about Happiness from my dishwasher, a catalog, and YouTube
Update: the original video was removed from YouTube, but someone posted a better one on Vimeo. Here it is. Update again: the Vimeo one is gone now too. But Daily Motion has it. “Everything is amazing...
View Article6th Anniversary Trip
In the “early days” of our marriage, we always went on a trip for our anniversary. Our Spring Break wedding and our continuing student status aligned our first several anniversaries to fall within...
View ArticleMy Newest Gear Acquisition, Ergo My Favorite
I’ve tried to keep things fairly simple with my baby gear. The nurseries have been free of bells and whistles and I’ve even forgone a lot of things that I’ve heard make motherhood more convenient. (I...
View ArticleGetting Close to Nature
Screeeeech! Crash! I was torn from a restful sleep instantly. Whatever that was, it sounded heavy. It wasn’t someone tripping over a lantern on the way to the bathroom. Beep! Honk! Beep! Honk! Beep!...
View ArticleJust Like Old Times, Sort Of
We needed to challenge ourselves. To know for certain that we aren’t losing our edge and prove that we can still go the distance. The trail was chosen: an 8.5 mile hike to Hell’s Hole. We were feeling...
View ArticleSnowshoeing
Prepare yourselves for cuteness. Apparently they make snowshoes for little people. We made a day of it on Presidents Day heading up into the mountains by Winter Park. It was a beautiful sunny day with...
View ArticleMaroon Bells
Two years ago we went camping at Maroon Bells. It was an enjoyable experience and we’ve been wanting to go back ever since. Campsites at Maroon Bells itself are pretty hard to come by, especially on...
View ArticleAnnie and Greg Came to Town
Noel is pretty much the same age as all of his cousins and they’ve always been fairly close, even with him being the odd man out. (Pun intended; they’re all girls.) It’s been fun for me to be adopted...
View ArticleSummer Lovin’
Apparently, summer is over. I’m still not sure how that happened. Three months ago when preschool ended I made a master list of things I wanted to do. I even divided it into categories and made a...
View ArticleVacation to an Alternate Reality
We’ve grown accustom to a certain percentage of things going wrong in our lives. We could blame it on the kids, but truthfully things going less than perfect is nothing new. We’ve learned to lower our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chutes & Ladders: An Epic Road Trip
When we initially planned this trip months ago, it started out as just a little family road trip, but then more and more fun things came up that got added on. I usually like to come up with a story to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Personal Best
In high school I could run a sub six minute mile. In college, I ran two Boston qualifying marathons.* I have a box in my basement full of ribbons, medals, and trophies, but as proud as I am of those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 Years
This year marked our 9th wedding anniversary. Noel and I put a lot of thought into what we wanted to do. We’re always tempted to dress up and try to do something fancy, but ultimately we decided we get...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Break 2016
Kids reading magazines at the pharmacy. I guess you could say Spring Break started early for Cooper since he didn’t go to school the last three days before the break. There’s a nasty cold that’s been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
November 2017
Our kids are spoiled and get an entire week off school for Thanksgiving. I started to make plans for this ahead of time and reserved some free tickets through the library to go to the Denver Museum of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Winter Break 2017-2018
Based on my research in the field, there are a multitude of ways parents survive winter break. Some stock up on alcohol or chocolate, others allow unlimited screen time and ice cream for breakfast,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Break 2018
This year for Spring Break, we decided to go to Las Vegas, and Zion. We have a considerable amount of family in the area, Noel’s mom is buried there, and we love the desert. We debated whether or not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
June 2018
Summer is FLYING by! We know summer days are fleeting (last Thursday marked the half way point for our summer break), so we like to pack in as much fun as possible before we head back to school and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yellowstone and Tetons Trip
Our big summer trip this year was a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. We booked our Yellowstone campsite months ago, put it on the calendar, and then just kind of got distracted by other things....
View ArticleClik here to view.
August 2018
August started with our big trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. The following week we had all our back to school activities and school started on Thursday. Cooper has the same teacher he had last...
View Article
