Sooner than I’d hoped or imagined, Kate lost her first tooth!  Not sure why I thought that this milestone was normally reached during first grade,…

Last weekend Kristi, Davis, Kevin, the kids, and myself drove over to Denver Downs, which is a huge farm near Clemson University.  The fall farm…

We had a small family party to celebrate Karsten’s 2nd birthday and the “theme” was Frozen. Of course.  I mean really. What else would work…

Today Karsten is two. Exactly two years ago our family changed in the best possible way, and we didn’t even have a clue! Karsten was…

Because of the Rio Olympics, Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Ali Raisman and crew, I’m sure that gymnastics signups are at an all time high.  Every…

Can I just say, the fact that it is not 90-something degrees and we can spend the evenings outdoors again is completely AWESOME.   And…

Karsten is officially a school kid.  Well, sort of.  We enrolled her in a parent’s day out program at the church where Kate attended preschool…

Today, Kate started kindergarten. She was SO ready.  I was SO not ready. I woke her up this morning, thinking that she would take a…

Today my oldest little girl turned five years old.  And tomorrow we go meet her kindergarten teacher. My mom-heart almost can’t keep up. This was…

Sometimes, I just have to stop and write down my conversations with Kate, because they are little snippets of our life together that I never…