Scamming for Fun
About a week ago Kori and I had an evening to ourselves. Number 4 was going to be tied up with activities all evening so we decided to...
Fantasy Family Football
Today marked the first Sunday of NFL football for the year. For many, the NFL season marks the start of fantasy football too and our...
"Being Settled" Dog Ownership
Wow the summer sure flew by! In the midst of all our chaos, my blog writing has taken a hit and for that I am truly sorry. Now that...
One More Year
This last week found me in an unfamiliar place, my house. I don’t mean my house is unfamiliar as we have lived here now for over 12...
No Dad Judgment Needed
Number 1 just finished her first year of teaching last week. As we were approaching the end of school, we asked what we could do to...
Pushing Past The Comfort Zone
This week I put Number 3 on a plane to study abroad for the summer. Are you thinking England or Spain, some place not that much...
Memories Without a Plan
So last week Number 4 turned 17. We have this whole tradition we do around everyone’s birthday. There is the regular “Happy Birthday”...
Getting Away
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...
How We Make Them Feel
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...
Families Should be Fun
Kori is always looking for that next thing to help us connect and give us new stuff to talk about. She is great with coming up with new...