Staying in touch with the Funny Noses

- So Friday was Kuma's first puppy education class. Would you believe me if I told you that there are 3 puppies in the class and one of ...

This budget race did its job. I went out and ran this morning and if it weren't for me having the race on my calendar I probably wouldn...

Jake received the star reading award for the 2nd trimester in a row for reading at or above grade level. I am super proud of all the progres...

This is considered progress and so far it only seems to be happening with Friday (the younger of our two cats): I know it is progress becaus...

So to give you an idea of how busy I have been, here are the pictures I took on St. Patrick's Day with every intention of posting them o...

Confession? I used to love Mondays. I could see Joe off to work, get the kids to school, come home and have the house to myself to do all th...

Friday the kids had the day off of school for teacher's in-service. I personally like when the kids have extra time off from school and ...

Jake wrote me a note at school yesterday. It read, "I love you so much Mom. I want to sleep with you." Of course he was alluding t...

Kuma wanted desperately to join the kids on their recent bath when they were testing out their newly acquired snorkel gear: And, just so you...

And its actually Monday! - We were FINALLY rewarded with a weekend of gorgeous weather. It was glorious. -Okay, I get it. That pic of Kuma s...

I still want to devote an entire post to my birthday. Hopefully that will happen before next February. Yes, it seems life has been moving th...

There has been several times this winter when we have been forecasted to have some fairly decent snowfall. However, every time it ends up be...

I have a kid who thinks she is a dog and yes the night before we got Kuma, she fell asleep and stayed asleep in the crate the whole night: I...

I have so much to talk about from the long President's Day weekend - Friday Vegas, Saturday snow and Sunday my birthday but first things...

At least before I was mommy to human children. This picture was taken right around my 26th birthday (and obviously before we had a digital c...

The kids tend to go in and out of phases where they draw and color a lot, Jadyn especially. Some weeks I feel like we could go through an en...