My main squeeze celebrates his birthday today. As much as I want to throw him a HUGE bash, he's all, "Let's just do dinner as a family." One of these years I'm going to surprise him. When we first met 24 years ago, he was this hunk of cute. Of course, I did meet him before he put on those yell leader whites. Blue eyes, self-confident and dressed in military uniform. Alex, I'll take YES for $1,000. Copyright TAMU, Donny ...

Vacation is finally blogged! You can read all about our travels out west, then south and back central. Texas forever, y’all. ---- West and south Texas were so, so good to us, but we were itching to get close to home. Well, that and eat some good BBQ while teaching the kids about Texas history. Our destination? Gonzales. It is the quaintest, cutest, most historic Texas gem there is. From their website: Gonzales holds a unique place in Texas history as ...

Vacation is finally blogged! You can read all about our travels out west, then south and back central. Texas forever, y'all. ---- The last time we traveled to Texas, the furthest south we got was Galveston. We *really* wanted to take the kids to South Padre Island, but it was day seven, with a six kids (including a six-week-old) and so we cut our losses. But this time? We did south Texas right. It's a long way down to Brownsville, ...

Vacation is finally blogged! You can read all about our travels out west, then south and back central. Texas forever, y'all. ---- Summer. I really do miss you. This is why I have a blog, so I can reminisce a bit longer and take y'all with me. If you're new to the blog, I kinda/maybe love my state. And, we really want our kids to know and love it, too. State pride in Texas, y'all, it's a thing. Three summers ...

Luke is 8 today. And with that sentence comes all the feels. If you've been hanging around here for any amount of time, you know that he's our miracle preemie, with a serious backstory. He's getting older, though. His story is becoming less mine, and more his. That's another blog post for another day. Today? Well, we celebrate all the awesome that is Luke. This year's birthday letter, comin' at ya. Dear Luke, You are one cool kid. Not cute, ...

Gone are the days at the pool, mornings filled with singing Vacation Bible School songs and evenings eating ice cream and chilling with neighbors. Summer is over and no one is sadder about that than me. It’s like a vacation from my real life. Time to buckle down, though. School is in full swing and my planner tells me I’ve got lots of places to be. It’s so easy to get lost in the never-ending to-do lists I make for ...