Our Life and Adventures

It's hard to imagine that we have had Penny for 12 years now... much more so that we've been 2 years without Artie now, as well. Today...

Today is a very big day for Abby, she graduates with the rest of her troop from her current level and gets to move forward to the next. ...

Our resident princess ballerina turns 3 today. This spunky, joy-filled, beautiful little girl who sprinkles the world with smiles and...

With Abby joining her Sherwood Running Club at school, the goal was to get ready to run the 5k on May, 14th. The last 5k she did, which...

Last night on May 5th Sherwood Elementary held its Grandparents night again. Abby had the privilege of having my mom, Grammy, accompany...

Cinco De Ry-o has come again. It's my 42nd birthday. It was low-key and had a very happy and enjoyable time with my lovely girls. Also...

Vera & I's 1st Daddy/Daughter date night was to go and see Frozen on broadway. She truly loved it. I was worried if it would hold her...

So the Cincinnati Reds were the first Professional Baseball team in the United States in 1869; that makes Opening Day a really big deal,...

We don't often have dinner out, especially as a family. This place is a favorite of Emily; due to the calzones, she loves them. We were...

Abby gets to go to the skating rink and hang out with her friends from school while skating! Such awesome memories of my childhood,...

The girls... L-O-V-E this movie. LOVE IT. They were so excited to go to church and watch it. So glad that our youth group organizes...

It's starting to warm up... and instead of snow, we got rain in some large amounts. And Paisley our youngest asked to go puddle jumping....

For 2 years in a row now, Em & Abs have done the Heart Mini 5k. Last year it was done where you could do it whenever, and however, you...

The perks of living in Cincinnati are having lots of fun things to do with the kids. The Cincinnati Museum Center is such a wealth of...

It's always a day to celebrate when you have kiddo's! We don't go super crazy out of the way.. but typically.. Daddy goes out and...

This is something that may not happen too often for us, or in my lifetime it's only happened one time. So I wanted to make sure the girls...

Zion's youth puts on a romantic atmosphere spaghetti dinner for a date night for Married couples. The youth, and youth leadership...

So we have a recognition of the day that we celebrate the Girls officially were granted stability with us, with Permanent Custody; We...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mommy! It snuck up on her, but not without her amazing best friend Autumn planning an event/party from 3,000 miles away...

Well, it finally snowed enough to not just tease and torture the girls, and give them something to break out the snow suits & sleds for! ...