Soccer tournaments are next weekend. This season has seemed long at times. And sometimes, it feels like it it flying by. We still don’t know if this will be her first and last soccer season. Or if she will try again. But we have learned a few things about our girl: She LOVES to be…

Some might say that it is risky in general to have a three-year-old walk down the aisle right before the bride anyway. But a strong-willed three-year-old who uses KAFOs and a walker? Definitely ups the “risk-factor.” But that didn’t matter to Jess. She wanted Esther-Faith. Esther-Faith was MORE than happy to oblige. In her own,…

One of the reasons I love our weekly Friday Family Fun Night… …is these memories. These moments when they seem to forget all that life has thrown at them and they are just brothers and sister. They play. And laugh. And love. They hold hands and help each other. They do what they can to…

It was supposed to be a quick stop at the craft store. I only needed one special piece of scrapbook paper. But as the husband will tell you, anyone who has a passing interest in quilting, scrapbooking, and crafts in general never makes a “quick” stop at the craft store. I took Isaiah, my 12-year-old,…

We’ve been on vacation this week. Oh, we didn’t find ourselves at some exotic destination with our bags packed with multiple swim suits and not much else. But, we did have some grand adventures. And we did manage to sneak in some fabulous local and regional locations. But we did it all within a very…