August simultaneously crawled and flew right by. Leah was soooooo beyond ready to start school again, so those first two weeks were a bit p...

Kate and I are venturing into new territory over here, as I joined a co-op preschool with a few of my friends. There are 5 kids total, so...

I'm slowly playing catch up (mostly for my own record keeping), but for those who have been asking, I'm now caught up through June,...

The much-anticipated first day of first grade has been two years coming. Every time I think, I'm not old enough to have a 1st grader ...

One of our favorite summer activities in Iowa is "swim days", courtesy of the fabulous Sister Cropper. The Croppers are a family ...

Remember that goal we had to run or walk 10 miles this summer?  Well, the girls basically blew it out of the water.  As of the l...

After having such a great time with the Fosters in IL, we all decided they should come check out our neck of the woods. The plan was to hav...

In an effort to explore a little more of our still-new-to-us town, the girls and I joined some friends for a day at the Niabi Zoo (knocking ...

The day Ryan got home just happened to be the last day of the Nauvoo pageant, a yearly summer tradition held in Nauvoo that culminates each...

We decided after our lengthy car travels in June, our family hadn't had enough. So, July was filled with a little more traveling.  ...