...gnash, gnash, gnash. Got up this morning after getting approximately 25 minutes of sleep (wtf IS it with me up here? Two miles above sea level and my circadian rhythms are all "GO TO HELL"), only to be greeted by a -30F windchill. If it had snowed two feet, you'd best believe I'd suck it up and g...

I forgot to share with you that my latest story, Little tract house on the prairie, is up at the Rocky Mountain Moms Blog. Check it out and find out what my part of Colorado really smells like. (No, not teen spirit. More like turkey butts.) And yes, that’s my two youngins all dressed up for the Na...

I've decided to start to go through the hundreds of photos that I've taken in the last two years and share some of our special moments with all of you. We have had a lot of fun experiences, but I've never managed to get them up here on the blog so I figured it would be nice to start a "Back Tra...

The parenting experts tell you to model good behavior for your kids. If you want kids who are readers, you should have your nose in a book, subscribe to lots of newspapers and magazines, and read out loud to your children for 20 minutes every night. If you want fit kids, you should model good eating...

Well, I've never claimed to be very good at this blogging thing, and I think I've proved that I tend to be even worse than I even like to admit. But, as in everything in life, this seems to need babysteps to make it work, so I'll just try to concentrate on those, rather than my lofty ideals of what ...