Category: family life

  • Life lately: July edition

    Life lately: July edition

    “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” Friedrich Nietzsche Sometimes a date for me and Ken looks like a day of walking around an adorable town after a yummy lunch. But sometimes a date looks like getting up early to run our first cross-country race: 4.6…

  • Life lately: June edition

    Life lately: June edition

    “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” Maya Angelou Date night: casual dinner out and a walk on the beach. June has mostly looked like hot summer days and visiting family. Brandon, Diane, and little Carter the week…

  • Life lately: May edition

    Life lately: May edition

    “It’s not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Ken and I ran a 5k last weekend — our first race together! We don’t often get to run together but it’s fun when we do. This was the second 5k in a four-race series I’m doing this…

  • Life lately: April edition

    Life lately: April edition

    The month of April brought my first completed 10k race, weather beautiful beyond compare, fun times with family, new adventures, and happy news: we can finally announce grandbaby #2 is on the way, due in August! Didn’t big brother Carter do the best job with this announcement of his little brother-to-be? “Perfect happiness is a…

  • Life lately: March highlights

    Life lately: March highlights

    “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” -Oscar Wilde Most days don’t look like this. But when they do, I like to remember it. During this particular spontaneous learning moment, Kathryn was teaching them about one of her…