So last week Number 4 turned 17. We have this whole tradition we do around everyone’s birthday. There is the regular “Happy Birthday” song followed by two other songs meant to keep the birthday boy or girl in the limelight a little longer. They were always sung at all of my family’s birthday parties and we have kept the tradition going every year. At the end of it all, the one celebrating the birthday, stands up and announces their age to everyone and we all applaud and c

Almost 2 weeks ago already, Kori and I got away for the weekend. With 4 kids at home, it was hard to find time for ourselves and we poured it all into our kids. Weekends seemed like endless soccer games, baseball practice or tournaments, dance competitions and show choir competitions. Our weekends were always full and fun. Plus we haven’t lived by family in over 12 years so we never had built in babysitters, which for me gave me anxiety leaving our 4 with a friend. So, ev

Last week my blog was about a weekly podcast that Kori and I listen to. There were two quotes that stuck with me from the podcast. I talked about the first one last week, and this week, I will focus on the second one. “People don’t remember what you say to them but they will remember how you made them feel.” Those are powerful words and I have been thinking about them quite a bit since last week. I would say I can relate well to this statement. Partly because I have a po