I visited my grandma yesterday, and she told me two stories I had never heard before. They were both about turtles.  My grandma is from the ...

In August, we took our 4th trip to Alberta to Banff and Jasper National Parks.  The kids beg to go back, and although there are surely many ...

I am heartbroken at the news of a nurse who has contracted the ebola virus.  But I have to say I saw it coming. I have spent a bit of time...

 What a year.   A really long, hard year.  One year ago I had seven kids still at home, a dad, and a grandpa. I haven't seen my kid ...

Our trip to Boston was so incredible.  It was fun because it was a vacation, but it was so deeply moving and healing as well.  From the ti...

It's been one year since the bombings at the Boston Marathon.  It's been quite a year.  We were so blessed that day to be kept out...

We had the funniest thing happen at our house last week. Mark installed a pull-up bar in our exercise room and the kids were taking turns on...