Snooze you lose is a common phrase used at our house. The kids know they might miss out on something if they are not fast. Like cookies ou...

Our backyard has been through many transitions in the past 8 1/2 years. Logging, re-foresting, many versions of a small backyard, the patio ...

Although I dearly love all seven of my children, I really love my alone time every day with Zack when the 6 oldest go to school. I don'...

I went to NYC one time before in my life. It was one hour of a month-long trip in the station wagon during the summer of 1987. We went thr...

I have never been a soccer mom. With so many kids, I have been very hesitant to get anybody going on team sports. Because I can't just...

So, it's been a while since I've blogged. Pretty much the last time I blogged coincides with the beginning of soccer season. 3 kid...

We have been gearing up around here to run the ING Hartford Marathon or 1/2 marathon October 9th. Mark was planning to run the full, and Ab...