Our Life and Adventures

Well we are a household that celebrates the good, fun side (not the scary-side) of Halloween. And I am an avid lover of pumpkin carving;...

The kids get to dress up for Halloween and then parade out front in the parking lot for the parents to see. I was unable to make it, but...

This was our first year of trying this, and it's a 'pay' event per child. It wasn't bad at all. It's safe, friendly, and full of stops...

Every year, this is one of the most special events the kids get to do in preschool. They truly do such a wonderful job with allowing the...

So with Abby's obsession with Paleontology, dinosaurs, and fossils.. we try our best to urge and foster positivity towards what she...

We do A LOT of fall festivities when the season rolls around, it's our favorite (Emily & Ryan) season of the year. So we love to go out...

We were blessed to find a wonderful Photographer who works with Kinship, and Adoptive placement families to provide them with affordable...

It has been since I think 2019 that we have been to the Ohio Renaissance Festival, so it was really nice to kind of have some return to a...

This is a small thing, but I feel like it's super important. Abby was so nervous and didn't want to do it because she was scared, likely...

The day after my oral surgery to have problem wisdom teeth removed, we decided to take the girls over to, a new to us, Hamilton County...

There was a 2 week overlap period, where Abby started school, and Vera started. Vera was at home chomping at the bit to go back to school...

Abby started her school year this week. Her home room teacher Mrs. H is expecting a baby at any week now I think. So there will be a big...

Well our spunky, plucky, sassy little 3 year old turn 4 today! She's always a ham when she sees a camera come out, and over-dramatizes...

August 1st; So on the heels, literally, of us getting home from vacation. 2 seperate 5 hour drives, the following day we have tickets to...

We arrived in East Jordan, MI (right by the Ironton Ferry) to our VRBO rental on July 24th after a long morning at the Safari Zoo in Port...

Our family vacation was taking us up to Lake Charlevoix, MI this year.. and we had heard that there was this amazing African Safari...

Independence Day rolled around and we had everyone in town for it, all of Emily’s siblings and their kids. It was a long weekend that...

We haven't actually taken all the girls camping yet, being Paisley is so young, so this was the first opportunity for us to find out what...

The girls (Abby & Vera) were so excited to kick off our summer with a Vacation Bible School with our cousins (The Stilwell's) at their...