n our six years of marriage, this past year has brought about the biggest change. (He goes by Henry.) We found out I was pregnant last year, just a few days before our fifth wedding anniversary. Your surprise trip to Chicago ended up with a lot of vomiting and a lot of napping in the […]

In the past, Kevin and I have always made a Christmas dinner together; once big fancy meal to celebrate the season. This year, we decided to invite our best friends, Sara and Uche, to join us. It was beyond fun hosting a dinner party! There’s no doubt that it involves a lot of prep work, […]

It had been my idea to go hiking. It was Kevin’s idea to get up before dawn to go hiking. I am not a morning person so you can imagine how torn I was: do I waste precious sleeping-in time on a day off or do I get up and go with my husband and […]

I’ll admit, it wasn’t actually fossil hunting. I mean, we happened to go hiking near the fossil gorge, but the closet thing I found to a fossil was a decaying fish carcass. I was pretty excited about it given that I had just told Kevin that I was hoping to find a full dinosaur fossil. […]

For 5 days, there has been a fly that has been in our condo making me go crazy-mad. I remind myself of my mother when there is a fly around. During the summer, she would have a fly swatter in her hand or at least within reach at all times. It was no surprise at […]