We haven’t traveled at Christmastime in over a decade, so staying home is normal for us. We rarely see family at Christmas, so celebrating alone is normal for us. But in this Covid year, I got on a plane four days before Christmas and left for LA (which was a hotspot for the virus), and my parents and their dog […]
Category: The Everyday
Fun with kids and Morse Code
A few years back, I read in the book Cheaper by the Dozen (upon which the movies were based) about the eccentric and endearing Frank Gilbreth. It’s a memoir written by his children, and it’s fascinating, playful and funny. The father of this large family took efficiency to the extreme with hilarious results. One of the things he did was […]
Newborn Lauren Lady in the Hospital
Lauren arrived at 3:48 on a Saturday morning. By Sunday morning we were checked out of the hospital, and I debated heading to church with the rest of the family! I felt pretty good at that point, but I was reminded over the next few weeks that my body definitely needed to recover. The hospital stay itself was a bit […]