Can You Imagine?

Stop and imagine... Take a few minutes, close your eyes, and picture this. The United States becomes a dangerous place for everyone. War torn and ravaged, families are forced to run from place to place, trying to not be killed or captured. Towns are burned, cities become battlefields, and there is no protection for civilians....

Introducing: Tala Faith!

This not-so-little girl is Tala Faith! She was born August 10, 2017 at 2:27pm. She's the only child to not make an early morning entrance into this world. She was 8 lb 11.6 oz and 22 1/4 inches long. She was born after only 20 minutes at the hospital. I'm pretty sure my husband thought...

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Oh Boy! Do I have a LOT to update. I plan on reviving and rejuvenating this blog. To add another re- word on that, I also plan on refocusing the blog. Realizing its full potential. Releasing my inhibitions on writing and sharing what I learn along the way. Also I'll be exploring new features, networking...

8 Years Ago…

Tomorrow will mark 8 years since I met my husband. I'm not much of a numbers person but I like dates. Especially when they work out so nicely. We met September 2, 2008 on my first day of high school. We started dating March 2, 2009 (coincidentally also my birthday (1993) and the day that...

A Mother’s Leadership

I was recently filling out the departmental scholarship application for my upcoming college year when I was asked to respond to this prompt: "Describe examples of your leadership experience in which you have significantly influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time." I tried to think of something in the past...

Kindness over Judgement

This blog post was inspired by A Single Snapshot over at One Mother to Another blog. When I was at the library studying with baby girl yesterday, Tony took the boys to do grocery shopping. It was one of those rare occurrences when the wind is blowing in the right direction and the stars have...

Introducing Arabella!

I love to write and a blog seems like a fun way to do it. But lets be honest. I'm a busy woman and even with the best intentions I can't seem to get time to keep up with this. So here we go again with a much needed and surprise update for everyone. On...

To Answer the Inevitable Questions Now That we are Expecting #3

We just announced that we are expecting our fourth child (third child here on earth with us) today. Our expected due date is November 2nd! To be honest my husband and I considered not telling anyone until May which would have been about halfway through the pregnancy. When you have children so close together there...

10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Starting College as a Mom

Those of you who follow my blog probably know that I have two young boys. William (2.5 years old) and Ignatius (1 year old). I am also pursuing a B.S. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences online through Oregon State University as a full-time student. Before I combined the two I wish someone had told me...

Introducing Ignatius!

This post is about 5 1/2 months late. 🙂 But here is our newest addition. He was born March 12th 2014 at 4:03 AM. This guy was a big baby, weighing in at 8 lbs 3 ozs and 21.5 inches long. I went into labor naturally this time and he was born just shy of...