Today is Dave’s 30 th Birthday and many of us are paying him tribute on our blogs. Dave is the coolest, the cleverest, the most eclectic...

After two grueling years, and especially since returning from vacation, we're really hating the demands of Ed's job on a whole new l...

Something strange is happening. We returned last Sunday from an 11-day driving tour of New England, and as we pulled off the parkway into ou...

Hi there. We were on vacation for 2 weeks but back now. Don't worry, I have many posts regarding the trip and other things I thought a...

Last weekend we traveled to Cedar City, Utah , for a Smith family reunion. That's Ed's mom's family - her brothers and sisters a...

Perhaps I was a bit hasty in claiming to have realized the greatest fallacy of parenthood. All submissions ring painfully true, and could...

In July Eddie went on a great male bonding fishing expedition in Saskatchewan, Canada, with his dad, three brothers, and some other guys. S...

I have been sucked completely and headlong into a new book series: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon . I stumbled across the first one - Outlan...

After hundreds of therapy phone sessions with my mom, a more recent mind-expanding conversation with Maren , and a series of confusing-then-...

I was just rummaging through the cupboard for a late afternoon snack, and pleased to find it well-stocked thanks to my recent shopping trip(...

Yikey-shnikeys, I just read this hilarious ebay listing: Lot of Pokemon Cards That My Kids Tried to Sneak By Me . If you've got 5 minut...

Last Saturday was the first in many, many months that Ed did not have to go in to work. So I got a LONG -awaited, WELL -deserved, MUCH -ant...

Language is cool, and watching someone learn it is even cooler, not to mention cute. This evening before bedtime I was lounging on the bed ...

Republish: Now updated with Bright and Beyond card decks ( Gear section.) Items receiving Honorable Mention are things that: 1. I have ...

This weekend I made two new dishes that turned out great, so I thought I'd share Pineapple Rice and Two Bean Salad with you. Pineapple...

Before I post my next baby gear list, I have two additions to my A-List : Oxiclean or Zout Stain Remover Sprays - If you don't know h...

In case you haven't heard, President Faust of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints passed away this m...

Just in case you thought I was kidding about the never a dull moment thing, here's an article on the storm that hit early this morning ,...

This morning was drizzly so instead of the park I decided to load the girls in the car and make the trek to Target, a 20 minute drive on a g...

After six years of marriage and two years in New York, Ed and I finally made our way to a Broadway show (for our anniversary.) We convinced...