Christmas is a bittersweet holiday for us. When I was a little girl, Christmas was pure magic. I always dreamed of creating magical memories for my own children when I grew up… complete with decorations in every room in the house, holiday linens, and even holiday towels! I love Christmas. Anna still believes in Santa...
Yesterday was the last day of school. It was the hardest school year of my children’s lives so far (2nd grade was a near second for both of them) and I am VERY happy to see it in the rearview mirror, as I’m sure they are. I won’t go back and revisit the heartache, the...
A Fresh Start Six and a half months into the school year, we are finally making some big changes to help Anna. This year has been the worst ever for her. She started at Canyon High School (CHS) as a freshman in August of 2016 and things were bad from the start. I’ve been saying since the...
Saturday, March 18th, 2017 Evening Routine This week’s prompt is “Evening Routine” for the Instagram project #portraitsofme. Every school night for as long as Anna has been going to school, we have the same evening routine. At 7:00 p.m., I start herding Anna to the shower. She is getting more independent with getting undressed and washed, but I still have...
One thing I miss about doing a Project 365 or a Project 52 is the story I end up with for the year. At least with those projects, I’m shooting and blogging frequently, so I’m kind of keeping a virtual scrapbook of our lives. Instead of a Christmas letter (which last year was my very first one), I...
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