Somehow it’s already Friday night. I am snuggled up in two blankets, because I am fighting a cold, and because Minnesota finally feels like Minnesota this winter. Last Saturday I told Aaron that...
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I can’t believe New Year’s was less than a week ago. It feels like it’s been 2012 for awhile now, right? We spent NYE at a friend’s house with six kiddos ages 1 to 8. It was su...
read more..I don’t typically make resolutions, but this year, I am. The thing about life is that there is good and bad in every year. Some lean more heavily one way or the other, of course, but as a whole,...
read more..(Ed: I recently discovered the blog E Myself & I from the Kelly’s Korner holiday home tour. Linking up for the first time with her “midweek confessions.” If you’re visiting...
read more..I want to live a grateful life. A life of gratitude. I want to be so focused on what I do have that I don’t even notice what I don’t have. I am not very good at this, by the way. I have a ...
read more..Last Friday Harry and I got dressed up and went into Minneapolis for lunch with Aaron and the Santa display at the downtown Macy’s. My friend Karla and her daughter Greta met up with us. We had ...
read more..Last year at this time, we were tucked into a room in a West Des Moines, Iowa, roadside hotel staying the night to wait out an epic Midwestern ice storm before the final leg home. We ordered a pizza a...
read more..Oh, did I say I was going to update every day this month? Oops. We are in party planning mode around here. And unfortunately, my body chose this week to get sick. I even took a sick day yesterday and ...
read more..As we rapidly approach Harry’s first birthday on Nov. 19, it’s difficult for me to not be nostalgic about this time last year. To think about what we were doing, what was happening, all th...
read more..Fridays are reserved for running errands. Doing laundry. Playing. Just being together. Fridays are for us. Before his morning nap, we did a little reading. Harry loves books. Now that he’s point...
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