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Today we are not only celebrating Thanksgiving Day but also a birthday! I can’t believe our caboose is now two years old. This time two years ago I went to my routine checkup at the doctor’s office. Only this time… I didn’t get to leave! …

It’s been two days… 48 hours that my two older kids have been out of school, that’s it! I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard, “mom… I’m bored” over the last two days. When I was 8 and 10 I used to spend …

You guys know how much I like Dr. Kevin Elko from my previous post I Said to Myself. Do you ever feel like certain messages you hear were tailored specifically for you? Well, this morning’s Monday Morning Cup of Inspiration spoke directly to me. It talks …

Can I get an Amen? Does anyone else ever feel like this? My really good sleeper (child #3) did not get her nap in yesterday and it was torture on all of us. We attempted to take her sleepy self to my older daughter’s basketball …

Our final day in Sedona we hiked from the time the sun came up until about 3:00 in the afternoon. My legs and feet were exhausted by the end of it, but I’m so glad I pushed myself to complete the almost 7.5-mile loop to …

This is exactly what I looked like when I was on my own in Phoenix last week. The first couple days of our trip, Daniel had a conference in Phoenix so I was on my own to explore the city Sunday-Tuesday. Now, being raised in …

Sedona, AZ has over 84 known hikes in and around the area. While we weren’t able to hike them all, we did look up a list of the top 10 and hit as many as we could. Our first day of hiking we started out …

That’s what the locals call it…. It’s really spelled TLAQUEPAQUE and pronounced tuh-lah-keh-pah-keh. Tlaquepaque is a word from Native Indian language that means “best of everything.” Tlaquepaque was built by Abe Miller and fashioned after a Mexican city on the outskirts of Guadalajara. This large …

The Heard Museum in Phoenix is well worth the price of a ticket and a couple of hours of your time. Rich in Native American culture and arts, this museum has 10 exhibit galleries with a lot of history to take in. having been an apparel merchandising …

I’m officially a Turf Groupie! What an amazing group of minds I had the privilege of hanging out with last night. Thank you to the University of Arkansas Turfgrass Sciences and the neighboring programs of Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University for inviting me …