He Survived Live
May 29, 2018 It was just a few short years ago that the only kids shows I knew of were the ones I grew up with: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mr. Rogers, Ducktales, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mickey Mouse, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers. And being that we don’t have cable I didn’t really know […]
A Beach of Our Own
May 14, 2018 Got my toes near the water, butt in the sand Not a worry in the world, a cold Coke in my hand Life is good today Life is good today. ~Zac Brown Band Ok. So I changed a few of the lyrics but now they really work…and it pretty much sums up […]
Little Boys Grow Up
May 8, 2018 One minute he’s clinging to my legs as if a tornado may come and snatch him up at a moments notice and the next minute he’s averting eye contact and telling me to go away. OK, maybe it wasn’t a minute but sometimes it sure feels like it. I signed Liam up […]
How Did Women Mother Before Pinterest?
July 28, 2017 It’s Friday and I have no car. Matt is being a fishing guide for a gentleman from North Carolina. This morning a sweet friend came and picked Liam and I up so we could go to a play date at the Splash Pad in town. But we are now home and Liam […]
Fourth of July
July 16, 2017 Our first of many holidays here in Montana. For the past few years we’ve spent the Fourth of July with our best friends back home. By a pool or on the lake, Ben and Jen were guaranteed to be decked out in complete red, white and blue. This year we both had […]
Thomas the Train Does NOT Save the Day
June 12, 2017 While in college I worked at a local amusement park, Tweetsie Railroad. It was set up like an old Wild West town in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains and had been around for decades. The almost 100-year-old steam engine, Tweetsie, pulled along passenger cars on a three-mile loop through the mountains […]
I think I’m too old for technology
June 3, 2017 There was a day when I felt I was on the edge of technology. I remember having my pink Razor flip phone and thinking how cool I was. Even before that, I had a grey flip phone. The caller ID (that was a green screen–anyone remember those screens?) constantly said CALLER UNKNOWN. […]
Ducks and Doughnuts
May 29, 2017 Krispy Kreme or Duncan Donuts. That is a big debate in the South. Along with Coke vs Pepsi, Duke vs Carolina, Heinz vs Hunts, eastern BBQ vs western BBQ. Do Southerners get along about anything? It can be an all-out brawl sometimes! I absolutely hate my Facebook newsfeed anytime there is a […]
Snow Day Cooking
May 17, 2017. Bozeman, MT. It snowed ALL day. Big, fat, gorgeous flakes. All. Day. Liam and I headed out before the snow got too crazy and went to the Children’s Museum here in town and was pleasantly surprised with some of the activities for him to do. It will definitely be well visited by […]
Off to the Water Park!
May 17, 2017 Snow. Fields. Cows. More snow. More fields. That is the vision I believe almost all of my friends in North Carolina had when I told them we were moving to Montana. I think most everyone had visions of me being surrounded by acres and acres of land (with snow) with no signs of […]