Category Archives: Family

This week has been filled with more than the usual chaos. We are getting new windows installed.  Mom and Dad wanted to help us with a large house project and windows it is! It started Saturday as I headed out … Continue reading →

This weekend was supposed to be a GIRLS’ weekend. The boys were headed to Brainerd for a missions conference with Brian. Grandparents would help while Brian was working and I would get 1-1 time with our birthday girl. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading →

I had FOMOBOK this week. It lasted about 3 days. No one else in my family had it thankfully! Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a common fear many of us endure until we either get over it or catch … Continue reading →

Dear Reader, I have been in your country for about six months. I have known my parents about seven months. They still smell funny to me, eat way to little soup and noodles and way too much meat. My dad … Continue reading →

You know you’re sick when… You’ve emptied 5 Kleenex boxes in 2 days. Your daily Y workouts are no more. Previous squats and lunges are replaced by bringing laundry up and down stairs or using the toilet. You begin to … Continue reading →

Wow. That is a horrible title… girlfriend needs an editor. But my full-time, personal editor is sick with a cold/flu/pink eye/not strep throat yet still on amoxocillian just in case… You know your kids have been sick when you start … Continue reading →

We made the 3 hour trek to Grandparents’ house yesterday. Add a stop at Target for returning a blanket that made Elam cry, some awful pretzel and cheese dip and we survived. During the drive I attempted some Christmas meaning … Continue reading →

Monday I was working out at the Y, sweating it and rocking a class. I was LOUDLY counting the jumping jacks and clapping and enjoying every minute of it. Elam had been sick all weekend, Brian was leaving in 90 … Continue reading →

Parenting is a lot like any job: you’re never really done. There is always one more thing: Wipe down the counters for the 3rd time that morning b/c you are trying to keep Elam’s strep throat to Elam’s throat, find … Continue reading →