Weekend Reading

This may be my favorite picture of our girls ever, and unfortunately I only got it on the iPhone and not with my DSLR. Our girls have normal sibling issues — sharing, fighting, leaving somebody out, etc. — but one of our highest goals for them is that they will grow up treasuring one another [...]

A couple weeks ago we got all dressed up and went to a show at the Family Theater at the Kennedy Center in D.C. Trips to the Kennedy Center were among my favorite field trips as a kid, and I am looking forward to regular trips with the girls as well. Of course I had [...]

Yes, that’s a cow. In our driveway. The other afternoon we were settling down for afternoon when we my oldest daughter pointed out the window to a medium size black cow standing next to the house. It took me a few minutes to grab the camera, by which time she was moseying down the driveway. [...]

If you “like” Life Your Way on Facebook, you might have already seen this picture. But I love it so much that I had to share again! I was cracking up one afternoon this week as the three big girls filled their backpacks, donned their sun hats (from a luau party we had a few [...]

Last Monday, on a beautiful spring-like day, Sean and I took the big girls skiing for the first time at a local resort. Sean likes to joke that this mountain is perfect for teaching kids to ski because the black diamonds are like green trails on other mountains. It’s not quite that bad, but with [...]

Although my Dad is an incredible artist, I’ve never been able to draw more than a stick figure, so it’s really fun to see my girls’ love of art develop. Our oldest has been borrowing drawing books from the library for the past few months, drawing everything from kittens and safari animals to mythical creatures [...]

Our weekends just got a little busier as the girls start gymnastics each Saturday! But they’re so excited, and my hope for them is that they’ll be able to do a cartwheel since I never could (ha!). I’m hoping this weekend will also include some downtime to just sit and relax (and read!).  We’ll see… [...]