The Mom Song for the First Day of School

Today is the last day of summer vacation for Emily… and us. (sniff, sniff!)

This summer flew by way to fast. It seems like we really just did finish up the last day of the school year and poof! we’re back to starting a new school year.

Where did the last three months go?

The weather here was definitely not summer weather. Most days, it was cloudy and barely got up over 75. That was nice for not having to turn on the air conditioning, but not so nice for running under sprinklers.

Doug came home from corporate America to work with me. Sean and Matt came up for visits. I put yellow ribbons on my trees after they left.


Continue Reading this post...

This Time Last Year

4saleLast year at this time, there was a ‘4- Sale’ sign on our front lawn.

We were making final preparations to leave our house, we were packing boxes, and were so excited about making our move to Colorado Springs.

Finally! We were going to be living in the place that we’ve been dreaming about going to since we were married. Emily was excited about her new school, taking trips up to the mountains and going for hikes in Garden of the Gods.

If you’re new to reading my blog, I won’t go into all the details again about why we are not in Colorado Springs and why we are back in Wisconsin. The complete story can be found in my post from back then on this page:


Continue Reading this post...

Trek Factory Tour and Other Cool Stuff

The Trek factor tour we took today was a lot of fun! Doug’s sister, Lynn, her husband, Kevin and their boys are in town, so today we took a little road trip down to Whitewater, WI, where Trek is located.

I’ve been living in Wisconsin for nearly 5 years and I can’t believe this is the first time we’ve gone. It’s only about a 40 minute drive from our house and I had heard it was a really cool place to visit, yet wasn’t sure what to expect… after all, this is where Lance Armstrong’s bikes are made, as well as all of the Team US Postal and Team Discovery Channel for the Tour de France.


Continue Reading this post...

Next Page →