Yesterday, as I mentioned, we took the kids on a field trip. The night before, they didn’t know where we were going. I finally hinted, “It begins with T.”
Connor immediately flew into phonics mode: “T…T… Texas?”
“No,” I chuckled.
“Town Hall?” he asked.
You can’t blame him for trying.
We actually went to a nearby tomato farm! It was [...]

I’m not dead.
Though, right this minute, that sounds like a nice alternative.
For more than a year and a half, dreamboat husband Nate & I have been planning to tear up the carpet in our living room.
Whoever had white berber laid did not invision 6 kids ever living here. Or 3 dogs. Especially not [...]

We live in a melting pot of cultures. The variety of restaurants we have is truly amazing, if you consider we’re in Indiana… you know, the place most people consider to be one giant flat corn field. Nevermind the fact that our area is considered to be part of “Chicagoland.”
Anyway, here in northwest Indiana, we’re [...]

Now that we’re finally dogless, the boys and I have been talking about putting a small garden in our backyard. I grew up with one and always loved the fresh food… You just can’t beat home-grown tomatoes.
Today, I was explaining to them that we’d probably start very small this year. “Maybe a couple of tomato [...]

Upon the recent discovery of Brady’s allergies to dogs, Nathan and I have made the difficult decision to find new homes for Sirus and Dusty. It was a tough choice — being a canine officer has been a dream of Nate’s for a long time. He is, however, thankful that he got to use Sirus as [...]

My dreamy husband Nate and I were made for each other. While one of is smart, the other is smarter… When one of us is goofy, the other is goofier.
We were just discussing the idea of taking up the carpet in our living room due to the discovery of Brady’s allergy to dust mites. (The [...]

After nearly four months of eliminating 28 “allergic foods” for Brady, his symptoms did not improve. In fact, they were worse.
After a recommendation from a friend, we found a local allergist who was covered by our insurance and was said to be good with kids. Our kind of guy! Yesterday was Brady’s first appointment.
In some [...]

My Connor has a strong sense of smell. He’s always saying, “Mommy, I smell somepin. What’s dat smell?”
Today, I was finishing up schoolwork with Andy when Connor started in again. “Mommy, I smell somepin.”
“What do you smell?” I asked.
Then he answered with all the wisdom of a three-year-old boy whose big brother has allergies: “Smell [...]

God has unique ways of teaching us lessons, doesn’t He? Back when we had removed all dairy from Brady’s diet, Nate and I would often say things like, “At least it’s not soy! Soy’s in everything.” Or “At least it’s not gluten. Gluten would be hard!”
As it turns out, all of those things we had [...]