Life Here in Our Corner of the World
Patrick in Lane 1 Thanks to those of you who wished us luck and offered good wishes for Patrick’s trip to the Iowa State Track Meet. It was quite the experience and one I’m sure he will never forget. Even though he didn’t run his best race ever, he ran on that famous blue oval…
Read More Traveling to the Blue Oval
Image Credit – Traci Nolan Last week our son ran his toughest race ever and finished second in the 3200 meter at the State Qualifying Meet. He finished with a personal record best time of 10:02.70. Photo credit – The Gazette Today our family heads to Des Moines to watch Patrick along with several other…
Read More Currently….4.18.17
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog lately. As the co-chair of our post-prom things got pretty hectic for me. Then, once prom was over, I needed some recovery time. I did a lot of resting and finishing up some loose ends. All I have left to do is send out final thank yous…
Read More A Day in My Life
Today I’m linking up with Trish at Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity for her A Day in the Life 2nd Annual Blogger Event. Numerous bloggers will all be sharing a Day in Our Lives on March 23, 2016. I think it will be a lot of fun to see how everyone spends their…
Read More A Little Monday Inspiration – A Mother’s Legacy
Yesterday was a wonderfully luxurious day at home with my whole family. I didn’t sleep as late as I had hoped, but did lazily lay in bed later than normal. Pat and Reagan made a huge breakfast of eggs, bacon, hash browns, and waffles. The rest of the day including the required laundry, catching one…
Read More A Little Monday Inspiration – Family
With what pleasure do we look upon a family, through the whole of which reign mutual love and esteem, where the parents and the children are companions for one another, without any other difference than what is made by respectful affection on the one side, and kind indulgence on the other… Adam Smith One of…
Read More Sunday Snippets 3.22.15
On Sundays I like to share snippets from our past week or weeks. If you don’t already know, we live in a small town in Iowa and our kids are active in sports and music related activities. We have had a bit of a lull since basketball finished up last month and soccer games haven’t…
Read More Sunday Snippets 3.8.15
It’s been six weeks since my last Sunday Snippets post. February was a blur. We were busy nearly every evening with basketball games and practices and every weekend include an event or two as well. Since it was so miserably cold here, I’m glad it went by fast. I’m so thankful that our weather seems…
Read More Sunday Snippets 1.25.15
Another busy week has been left in the dust. I can’t believe we are in the last week of January already! Another busy week is ahead, but today I’m slowing down and hoping to see American Sniper with some friends. I could be doing laundry, organizing our daughter’s room, cleaning, etc, etc, but I’m trying…
Read More Sunday Snippets 1.18.15
What a great week it was here in Iowa. Even though it is winter, the weather was manageable and we ended the week with some sunny skies and warm temps. We started our week with Reagan’s birthday and ended it with show choir and basketball. This is just the beginning of busy weekends in our…
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