These weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas seem to pass too quickly each year. Between the fluster of finishing our school work, giving or making gifts,...

Although, like most children, you all have always loved the Christmas season, we’re bridging new years as a family, years where you enjoy the giving...

Every year on the weekend following Thanksgiving, we pack into our car and pick out a tree together. It’s a simple tradition really, one that’s...

Olive | You are always moving. Bouncing. Running. Talking. Slowly your words are catching up to your deep sense of emotion. You told me this...

I took these images a few weeks ago on a typical Sunday morning at home: the kids piled in my bed playing; my planner and...

Most of this week you spent time in your friends’ homes while Dad and I traveled to Boston for a few days. You each were...

Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker. – Linus,  It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown This year, we wandered the one...

Every year, around this time, I grow a bit heart-sick. While I scroll through images on my phone of apple orchards, cozy sweaters, and brightly...

My children have actually made their own Halloween costumes every year. Although this sounds noble and intentional, it actually began more for economic reasons. I...

  You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt olive | You feel things deeply, and for being still so...