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My Blog about stuff – family, sports, travel, and cooking.
My blog is almost like my journal. I keep track of my kids’ various activities, from Taekwondo to Soccer to Band. I also spend time writing about our various travels, whether to family or one of the many soccer events we attend. You might also find a good recipe, or two!
I was walking Austin to school and the morning felt different. Nothing dramatic happened. No big moment, no life-changing realization. Just a quiet pause and a simple glance down the street. The sky was soft and light blue, stretching wide above the neighborhood like a calm exhale. The street curved…
So, this is another recipe I found on Facebook. I’m never sure how those will turn out. But this one was a hit with every one of my family members! Plus, it was easy to make. I did double the recipe for our family of five and got Braden to help me make one while…
For my next read, I dove into None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, a story that starts with a seemingly chance encounter—but quickly turns into something much darker. While celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer meets a quiet, unassuming woman named…
I’ve gone back and forth on writing this, because weight loss—especially when it involves medications—can feel like a loaded topic. But I’ve been on this journey for a while now, and I wanted to share a simple, honest update. Not to convince anyone to do the same thing. Not to say this is the “right”…
Sometimes something finds you exactly when you need it. My husband sent me a video of a woman reading a poem on Facebook, and I wasn’t expecting much when I clicked on it. But by the time I was done watching, I was in tears. Not because it was sad—but because it felt true in…
Well, we made it to Spring Break! It’s something we all look forward to every year because there is no school, no getting up early, no soccer, just relaxing, right? Not so fast! This year, Braden went camping with Matthew and his family in Arkansas. Mike, Austin, and I went to Louisiana to…
This was a super tasty dish that the whole family enjoyed. It was also a simple dish to make and took just a few ingredients. Now, I did not have flank steak. But we did just receive a quarter of a cow, so I chose to use sirloin. It still came out fantastic…
We’re always going.Practices. Games. Quick dinners in the car. Backpacks in the trunk. Shoes we can never find. When I saw that image on Facebook, I didn’t just relate to it. I felt it in my chest. Because this has been our life for almost fourteen years. Devin started soccer when he was four years…
This time, I chose another Riley Sager book, titled Survive the Night. It’s 1991. A college student, Charlie Jordan, accepts a ride home with Josh Baxter, a stranger she met on the campus ride board. She’s grieving the recent murder of her best friend by the so-called Campus Killer and needs to…