Family Life
Mr. Whitaker Celebrates a Birthday
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…
Read MoreTexas Forever Vacation: History at Its Center
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.…
Read MoreTexas Forever Vacation: Some Like it South!
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…
Read MoreTexas Forever Vacation: Go West Young Man!
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…
Read MoreA Birthday Letter to the Preemie
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?…
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