Category Archives: Marriage & Family

God has blessed me with such an amazing husband and a cutie pie son. Life is a big fat classroom and I am always learning.

More Fireworks Photos

We got to see fireworks twice this year! The second night, on the 4th, we went to go see Rockford’s Sky Concert. This fireworks display is big by anyone’s standard. It is set to music, which you can listen to … Continue reading

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Now Would Be the Perfect Time

…to start explaining the toilet. He is just about 15 months, but it’s not his age I’ve noticed, it’s this brand new skill he’s picked up lately. He likes to copy every thing I do. This morning I was picking … Continue reading

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Carrot Soup Explosion

I think sometimes bloggers, including myself, have a tendency to show only their shining moments. I don’t think that’s always a bad thing, because the blogs highlighting the best ideas and cutest photos do capture my interest. Sometimes I like … Continue reading

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Father’s Day

Sometimes you have to be a pain in the butt to get the pictures you want. You have to interrupt the party and say, “hey, let’s all stand over here and smile while I take a photo.” But, when you … Continue reading

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Maternity Shoot: Josh and Char

Tonight I finished going through all the photos I took of Josh and Char last weekend.  Here are some of my favorites, not including the ones I already showed you… (You’ll also notice I updated my watermark. Last night I … Continue reading

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Food Allergies: Not Just Peanuts

You may remember, back in April around Micah’s first birthday, how we had an ugly run-in with a very small amount of peanut butter. I brought it up at his one year appointment and we were referred to an allergist. … Continue reading

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Laundry Room or Diaper Depot?

The cloth diaper saga continues… Recently I transformed my cluttered laundry room into a cloth diaper changing station that makes clean up fast and drama free. I discovered that the top of my dryer is the perfect place to stick … Continue reading

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Aviary

One of my favorite areas of the zoo is the aviary. My family used to have a Double Yellow-Headed Amazon parrot named Toby when I was a kid. Even though the average life span for a Double Yellow-Headed Amazon is … Continue reading

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Could This Be Our New Tradition?

Our Zoo trip this morning was so much fun.  There was rain in the forecast, but not a single drop fell until we were packing the stroller back into the car. Talk about perfect timing! As we predicted, Micah was … Continue reading

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Diaper Update and Other Random Things

(This is one of those really long update posts that probably only close friends and relatives will appreciate, so please feel free to skip through stuff, I won’t know or mind.) Yesterday was an adventure. I babysat our friends’ three-year-old … Continue reading

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