Bryan and I survived the “regular” compulsory gymnastics season! Oh yes, Rachel did too 🙂 We were really proud of her. Despite not optimistic predictions, we think that she did well. Now I am no coach, I am just the mom, and I have decided that the big picture is the important gage for success.…
Rachel’s first USAG competition in over 18 months was this past weekend. You may be asking yourself, “how does Ruth know how many months that it has been since Rachel’s last competition?”. It’s easy. Rachel’s last competition was on Feb 22, 2013, which also happens to be Sarah Amelia’s birthday! Yep – I didn’t even…
We just returned from a fun but short trip to visit my sister Sarah and her little family. It was so great to see them and see little Gray. She just gets prettier and sweeter each time I see her! This recent trip inspired me to mix things up a little with this entry. I decided…
What says 4th of July celebration better than a trip to the zoo and museum? Well, actually a lot of things do, but I wanted to be creative this year. Bryan had to work the entire 3-day weekend, so my goal was to keep the girls busy. Plus, I felt like venturing out with the…
Ok – I am going to steer a little off course. This article isn’t an update on the kids and Bryan but an opinion piece and by opinion, I seriously mean opinion…. A few days ago, I was mindlessly trolling Facebook when I came upon yet another article about how desperately bleak things are in…
“Summertime, and the living is easy” – well maybe… Summer is here and things just keep moving. Sometimes it is a little difficult creating downtime. Bryan and I still have jobs, and Rachel’s activities are ongoing (like 12+ hours a week of gymnastics practice). Oh wait, and I have a 16 month old that needs…
Father’s day is tomorrow. Actually, at the time of writing this, it is a mere one hour away… Well, all I can say is “whoops, I really dropped the ball”. I knew that it was coming but kept pushing it to the back-burner of my mind. Come on, there are millions of things to do…
Can ya’ll believe that Rachel is 8 years old! Well, I can’t! A few weeks ago, a lady in the neighborhood asked about the age gap between my daughters, and I said “6 years – actually almost 7”. She plainly looked at me and told me that she thought that Rachel was my youngest. Ouch….…
Mother’s Day is almost over, but I am still considering this a Mother’s Day post. Yesterday, I was wiping Sarah Amelia’s face and my thumb accidentally poked her eye. She seemed fine, but after taking a walk outside she had a red-mark under her eye, which looked like a mosquito bite. This morning my beaming…
Bryan and Rachel sort of pulled a fast one on me. I say sort of because Rachel filled me in as soon as Bryan gave her the details. They planned a Spring Break trip to Colorado! Bryan and Rachel had been talking a lot about winter sports and skiing, so there was a lot of…