Manna From Above
When my kids were three and five, I enrolled them in a gymnastics class, hoping this would help my son learn to tuck and roll as he did his ‘daredevil’…
Drive Yourself
When I was fourteen years-old we lived outside of the capital of Montana, where my dad was the minister at the church we attended. He usually took his own car…
How do you get from here to there… what do you do?
Moving from the West Coast to the East Coast was filled with challenges. The new company that had hired my husband to move us to the Carolinas was moving us.…
Broken by a Bumble Bee?
At one point in my childhood, we lived on about 10 acres and we helped out ‘Old Man Stevenson’ with his adjacent land. He appreciated that we would make sure…
Hot Lunch on the Lake
Every year we would spend a week at the lake, playing in the water, waterskiing, and having a great time. Sometimes we would camp in a tent, and other times…
I Stuck The Landing!
I think we all remember our first paying job, and how we got it, whether if was the conventional way, or something a little crazy. We lived outside of a…
That’s What I’m Talkin’ about!
As we were raising our kids, we encouraged them to get involved in ‘extra circular activities’. We tried to expose them to different sports and different activities, so that they…
Locked Out
My husband and I love to take road trips. We head down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a three and a half hour road trip, to hang out with our…
Your Boat’s on FIRE!
While living in Southern California, we kept our boat tucked away in our garage until we took off a week to ten days and headed to Northern California to camp…
Declined
My husband has worked in the same industry most of his life, but he has changed jobs quite a few times. These various jobs have taken us to many fun…