If you need us, we’ll be at the pool. The kids (minus Nate) have decided to do swim team. Actually, decided is probably too strong of a word.…
Continue Reading**Disclaimer: By this list of what our family considered family helpers, you’ll see that most of our struggles are hair-centric. And we like to eat. We also really…
Continue ReadingCole Haan Air Tali Wedge I’m surely not the only mom who’s been doing the Mom Walk of Shame, which means I walk everywhere wearing clunky, ugly tennis…
Continue ReadingEaster Sunday was yesterday. This year, Easter was a huge relief. Yes because we got to celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. But not only that. This year…
Continue ReadingWhen other shoppers see our huge Target cart of blonde kids coming down the aisle, about half of them grin and tell me how wonderful big families…
Continue ReadingThis is a story about the patio our family and some friends have been building in our backyard. It’s a story about hardscaping the marshy wetlands behind our pool,…
Continue ReadingGreat news! It seems to be Hurt Feelings Week over at the Hergenrader House. Everyone in our family (well, except Mike, who never gets his feelings hurt) is…
Continue ReadingOur Frozen acting troupe is available for all your birthday parties, all your plays, all your Ren Fests, all your street performances, and all your family gatherings. Actually,…
Continue ReadingSo, this is really brilliant. I am a Bible study writer, who keeps forgetting about the Bible. How does this happen? How am I so selfish and forgetful…
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