Prepping a Move with Lots of Moving Parts

We’ve reached an exciting (and slightly terrifying) stage of life over here- we are in the process of buying our first house. Since we found out that Mark matched locally, we’ve been working with a realtor and hoping to find a place to call home in our current town. The right house in the right … Read more

How to Make a Lenten Prayer Chain

Lenten Prayer Chain

Lent starts this week, on Ash Wednesday. I find myself counting down the days until this season begins, which is new for me. I have always found great graces during Lent, but this year I get to actually choose penance, fasting, abstinence, and prayer (as opposed to being pregnant or postpartum when it’s sort of … Read more

Lenten Prep

Lent is almost upon us, and perhaps it’s just me, but I’m super excited for this season. Maybe it’s because it’s the first in 4 years that I have been neither pregnant nor newly postpartum. I’m honestly looking forward to being able to choose my own sacrifices this year! I thought I’d share with you … Read more

Hands Down My Favorite Montessori Baby Item

Favorite Montessori Baby Work

Ever hear of an Object Permanence Box? No? Not surprising. Until I worked at a Montessori school, neither had I. If you haven’t seen one before, here’s a cutie patootie shot of Charlotte using ours. The Object Permanence Box is quite simply, a box, with a hole in it and a bottom that is slightly … Read more

An Afternoon at the Theater

One of the most wonderful things about marrying into a big family has been gaining so many siblings. Mark is the exact middle of the seven, with three older sisters and three younger brothers. His youngest brother, John, is a junior in high school. I have always had a special love for John, probably because … Read more

Daddy At Home Days

Daddy at Home Days are what we call Mark’s days off around here. Because of his medical student schedule and the monthly rotation changes that go with it, these are not always on weekends or consecutive days. This is one of the reasons why we are planning on homeschooling- it will allow our family to … Read more

Let’s Play a Little Catch Up

The last few years have been full, to say the least. Writing hasn’t been a part of my schedule for so long, but I’m glad to find that somehow, someway, we have some margins in our life again. Most days, I feel like I can really breathe, feel like myself, the woman I was made … Read more

Three (Delicious) Days of Pork

pork recipes

Because I know you all want to know what we’re eating over here these days. Last week pork butt was on sale at Meijer and so my dear husband picked up almost 10lbs of it. So this has been the week of Pork. And it has been fabulous. Yesterday I made this fabulous Pork Ragu with a … Read more