Over my 37 years, I’ve driven the stretch of road from Texas through the midwest more than 100 times.Wait. 100 times? That can’t be right. It seems like SO MANY MORE.And maybe it is. As a kid, my grandparents lived in Minnesota so we drove from Galveston to Minnesota at least once a year–sometimes more,...Continue Reading
An eighteen-hour trip to reach the Land of Corn?Our Odyssey was not fresh…but with road grime adorned.Of course, we’re thankful for our trusty vanTo get us out of Texas as fast as we can“We’re finally here!” we honked on the hornNow, where’s the lake around all this corn? We love Nebraska, so full of corn!But...Continue Reading
For Catie, one of the most exciting prospects of visiting Nebraska is seeing her best friend, Kate. Even though these two live 800 miles from one another, and they only see each other a couple times a year, they have a bond.Last night, they had a sleepover, which was relatively new for our family. Yes,...Continue Reading
We WERE in Kansas when M snapped this quintessential road trip picture while I was buying chips and stale popcorn inside the gas station.BUT now we’re in Nebraska! No giant horses, no stale popcorn, but lots of heat, sunshine and fun!Continue Reading
For Posterity…Elisabeth’s version of the Stitches Story:What happened is that I fell down out of the car and got three stitches. I did not cry when I got the stitches. The Emergency Room was good. I got to play on my dad’s phone there, too. They gave me some medicine and it did not hurt...Continue Reading
For the twins’ five-year-old birthday, we had a pool party. Inspired by the millions of times our kids get out of the pool and use their towels as capes as they play “Super Hero! Emergency!” I loved the idea of giving towels morphed into capes as the party favors. Here’s a shot of the capes,...Continue Reading
Birthday Season is over for the month and we survived!We not only survived, we thrived! The twins turned five and M got another year older and exponentially wiser.Celebrating half of the family’s birthdays in 48 hours only had one small glitch…Elisabeth’s chin.In this picture the neon bandage blends in nicely with the girls’ cacophony of...Continue Reading
So, we had a little dilemma last week. Not just last week, as this problem has been growing as fast as Nate’s hair. Which M thought it was time to cut. Here’s the dilemma: Nate’s my baby. His first haircut would mean 1) he’s growing up 2) he won’t have as much fly-away blonde hair...Continue Reading
If Sam was a girl, who loved brightly-colored tops and cute skirts, and Elisabeth was a boy who only wore red football shirts, they would look like this. But reversed hair. You get the gist. If Sam was Elisabeth he’d wear this same dress to church every Sunday. I mean, if we had a church. ...Continue Reading
Of course I’ll never forget the day we had twins. With these twins came so many days that I’ll never forget. And so many days I have forgot…because I’ve been so busy marveling at those twins. One day, when the twins were about six months old, they were in rare silly form. They had recently...Continue Reading
