Well, we’ve nearly made it to the end of 2020! We celebrated at home, which isn’t too different from any other year. We ordered dinner in from a local restaurant, which was yummy and easy. It was a mild night, drizzly so we spent the evening on the porch by the fire. Early in the… Read More
I first learned of a “golden birthday” a few years ago. From my Instagram poll, it seems that while 68% knew of golden birthdays, that left nearly a third of people that didn’t! Your golden birthday is the year that you turn the age of the day you were born (Whit turns 12 on the… Read More
We celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday and, while it wasn’t even what our plan A or B looked like, it was still special! This year, more than ever, we’ve learned that most things in life are truly what you make of them. So, rather than fret about what was different, we gathered in masks from a distance,… Read More
It’s hard to believe, but it’s true… John turned fifteen years old today! I am so proud of the young man he has become, and for the supreme blessing of being his mom. He’s driven, hard-working, kind, a leader, easy to befriend and has a pretty fantastic sense of humor emerging. I often glimpse him… Read More
I almost never do this, but I’m prepared to share my Thanksgiving table centerpiece early!! It’s not that I don’t want to… but we really live here and I can’t have my Halloween up in August, Thanksgiving in September and Christmas up in October to get blog views. Ya know?! We are hosting Honey’s family… Read More
Oh, happy day! Middle school has returned in person and we are thrilled! We kicked things off with our first day of school breakfast…. round two! This was the first, and hopefully the last, time we trade in school busses and apples for spiders, ghosts and jack ‘o lanterns. I asked Whit for one adjective… Read More
We spent our Friday evening playing nine holes in an adult only Halloween event! We pulled together our Caddyshack costumes just two days before, thanks to Amazon. It’s not every day you get to “golf” with Lady Liberty. I say that in quotes, because the ladies were mostly just along for the ride. :-) It… Read More