Lakeside was amazing! We had a wonderful fun day with the kids. We rode rides and ate junk food and bonded with the kids. It was wonderful! I wouldn't have traded that day for the world. It was probably the highlight of the entire trip for me.
Read MoreWe are up in the mountains near St. Mary's Glacier. I woke up early because the sun was shining in our windows. I decided to get up and write instead of trying (usually unsuccessfully) to fall back to sleep. Mornings are the only times that I will have free time to myself on this trip. And with this view, I couldn't ask for a better writing space!
After the boys woke up and we all got ready for the day we started setting up for the party. People started arriving around 1pm and we had a great time.
Read MoreWe slept in again because we were so tired from the birthday party the night before. But we woke up in time for lunch so we went to an authentic Mexican restaurant for lunch. While we were eating a friend of Jose's from college offered to drive us to Boulder (where they went to school) after he got off work around 3pm. We agreed that it would be fun to go visit Jose's college town.
Read MoreI think Jose's 39th birthday was a success!
Read MoreMy husband and I are on vacation! We took a road trip from St. Louis to Denver. School is out until summer school so I have about two weeks off of school! Plus my husband’s birthday is tomorrow so we decided to go to Denver to visit his side of the family!
Read MoreI worry all the time. Sometimes I feel like all I do is worry. So here is what I do to get my mind off of the worry.
Read MoreIn the last ten days I have taken about 8 pregnancy tests, gotten an ultrasound, and still not gotten my period. And I'm still not pregnant.
Read MoreSurviving Mother's Day without my Mom is difficult. Mother's Day is not the easiest of holidays for those of us who have lost their mothers. It has been about 11 years since my mom passed away from breast cancer and not a single one of those Mother's days have been easy. Read below for my tips on surviving Mother's Day without Mom.
Read MoreAs a feminist, the decision to change my name or not took me a long time to decide. In the end I decided to add my husband's name to the end of mine rather than replacing my name with his. Read on if you want to know how I came to this decision.
Read MoreI am 4 days late for my period...and I'm freaking out!
I took a pregnancy test on the first day of my missed period and I took a test today. Both were negative. Grumble.
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