Trying to make a knee brace look good. This year I made a switch from Ski Instructor to Ski Team Coach.  You may think there isn'...

You know the saying, "When it rains, it pours."? Well, that's exactly how I feel these past few weeks, like everything is h...

Last week Ryan was out of town for work (in sunny southern CA in fact) and I held down the fort...not very well, but I tried.   Not sur...

So with the first day of school also comes the dreaded sickies.  Morgan was first Friday after school...then came Piper Sunday night...the...

For the first day of summer break I started the day going on a ride up South Fork.  I started the ride alone but then met up with my dad on...

This is pretty much how I've been feeling lately. There has been a lot going on with Halloween right around the corner.  I've...

This is one of my basement windows, in all its dungeony gloriousness.  (Are those even words?  Probably not.)  This particular window has...

Potty training for Rory...the time has come.  She's been showing signs that she's ready ever since she turned two in December, ...

First off...look at this. That, my friends, is my carpet at the bottom of my staircase.  And yes, that would be a hole in it.  We have a...

You won't believe this...but Haley is home sick.  Yep, on the second day of school. We went out for ice cream last night to celebrate ...

A quick picture after church...the girls modeling their new dresses they got from their great-grandma. Rory was not pleased...they o...

I have been saving some birthday money since February (my birthday month) for just the right thing to buy.  I was wavering between a buffet...

So Ryan left Sunday morning early (we were all still sleeping when he left) to Quebec for work, and it seems everything just kinda went dow...

I won't lie, this week has been tough without Ryan.  Can I complain a little?  I feel like complaining.  I'm not sure what happened...

...until someone gets hurt! How many times have we told the kids NOT to play on the swivel chair?!  A LOT, that's how many! Yet, ...