I just got back from a two week vacation in North Carolina. And it was the first vacation since we’ve had kids where I had the opportunity to actually vacate real life. Not for long. A vacation with kids isn’t exactly a vacation. It’s more of a relocation. But there were no major catastrophes. Nobody […]
Archives for August 2016
Dear Ryan Lochte
I have been thinking about you a lot lately. There’s obviously quite a bit of speculation going on as to what the hell really happened with you and your buddies down in Rio. Whether you just embellished a story or you twisted some of the facts or the whole thing was bullshit from beginning to end, at […]
Manifest Destiny
Exactly one year ago today my husband had a serious boogie boarding accident while we were on vacation in North Carolina. It was another bullet item on the list of significant setbacks we had experienced in the last four years. There was the bankruptcy. Total knee replacement surgery. Which put my husband out of work. […]
Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens
People are naturally curious about what life in a big family is like. I get lots of comments wherever I go, especially now when all the kids are tan and super blond. Yesterday I walked into a realtor’s office with the kids and upon entering, one of the women working in there looked at us […]
Progression of A Photo Shoot
There is a walkway from the condo complex we are staying in to the beach. It’s a beautiful walk through a marsh to the ocean, and it’s the perfect spot for taking pictures. I don’t have a real camera. I just have my phone. But it takes pretty good pictures. So the other day I […]
Sea Glass, the Tooth Fairy, and Poop
One of Number 4’s favorite things to do down here in North Carolina is look for sea glass and small stones that have washed up on the beach. I’ve been thinking about needing to spend more one-on-one time with each of the kids, and today when we got to the beach it was low tide. […]