// Just Your Average Wednesday //

The other night, after finishing up dinner and homework, Grace asked me if she could practice some hairstyles on me before bedtime. She’s really been getting into doing her hair lately, and had even picked out a couple of “how to” hairstyle books at the library earlier in the week. I was ready and willing…

The other day was just insane. In addition to “business as usual,” I had been working with a friend non-stop to prepare for a school fundraiser that we were hosting that weekend, and we had literally been on our feet that entire day, prepping food for 200 people. Tennis lessons, drama practice, park time with…

My youngest child, Quinn, started Transitional Kindergarten this year. There are so many emotions that I am feeling as we send our little buddy off to school for more than a few hours a day and a few days a week, and I am sure I will be processing this for quite a while. After…

The love of my life just turned forty.  Forty! It’s a crazy milestone for sure, but one that we can definitely get behind celebrating BIG. After all, thirty was marked by building our business, having infants (I was pregnant with twins on my 30th Birthday), raising small children, and generally less disposable time and income.…

Every year in the Spring, our school offers “Spring Photos” – basically another chance for a photographer to take professional portraits of our kids during their school day. Since we had already purchased soccer photos, basketball photos, and baseball and softball photos in addition to the kids’ usual school portraits, I decided to opt out…