We just returned home from a long weekend in the mountains where we took a couple of days with Luke’s parents and sister’s family to spend a little time together and unwind from all the busy.  The kids’ Christmas break…

It’s Saturday night and I’m sitting under the last twinklings of the Christmas tree before it all comes down for another year.  I’m also freaking out a little that one of the gifts tucked safely underneath just a few short days ago is now hovering over…

So I stopped making excuses for not writing regularly long ago but the reason for this – the greatest neglect ever – has to do with a pretty significant life transition, i.e., I got a job!  A real live, punch the clock,…