I had all the bones and toys neatly put up yesterday and only 2 minutes later found this. Apparently our baby likes her bones scattered abou...

I saw this video today on Betsy's blog and definitely had to post it on mine too. I LOVE that they put the "Any Given Sunday"...

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful parents! 37 years ago they were saying their vows and beginning their lives together. In this day and age ...

Our girls definitely like to take advantage of the nice weather that we're having by spending their time outside. Sometimes, they even g...

Bailey wanted to add to moms blogging, so this post is courtesy of Bailey herself. On Sunday afternoon, I was playing in the yard with sis...

Where I work, pranks pretty much happen often. It makes my job fun and it definitely makes for an enjoyable, relaxed atmosphere. Exhibit A i...

I had been told by some friends from work that the best apple picking around is at Vaughn Orchard, in Weston Missouri. It's a little fam...

Each year, for the girls birthdays, Bailey gets to indulge in a birthday cake from Land of Paws and Lacy gets a cheeseburger from McDonalds...

This post should have been up about 3 weeks ago, but I forgot my camera so I had to wait for others to email pictures out! For Bailey's ...

Around Labor Day each year, many of the area pools keep their pools open for a day extra so that the cities dogs can enjoy a swim of their o...

Saturday was the first KU football home game and we couldn't have asked for better weather. With a small breeze, the sun out and the hea...

Now that our little pup is no longer a carpet-chewing monster, we decided to get new basement carpet! The previous carpet was this old, flat...

My amazing husband surprised me with a plane ticket to Dallas a while back to see my other half, Michelle . We spent hours at the pool, shop...

My husband and father had a fun time changing out our master bathroom faucets tonight. It was desperately needed as our old faucets (probabl...

Remember Terri Schiavo? That won't be me! Derek finalized our will and living will documents and we had them officially signed and notar...

It happens about once a year. I refer to it as the "Annual Skin Removal Process" and it works best when running outside on hard, s...

I can't believe I only started this journey less than a year ago and have posted 100 times! I also can't believe we were in Europe ...

For anyone who loved reading Marley and Me , this will be your next favorite READ! This book, written by Garth Stein , tell the story of co...

Such a great song and we only did about 74 dances to that song my senior year of being on the Pacesetters Dance Team! It's been a decade...

My little angelic bear turned 2 years old Sunday! I can't believe she's already 14 years old in human years! She has matured so much...

It was 10 years ago this weekend when my family was moving me into GSP at KU. I finally felt like a free adult and was so excited to be done...

I was playing with Bailey last night and was gouged by these things! Looks like someone is in need of a good clipping before we have friends...

While trimming my front yard bushes today, I noticed a couple wasps flying around this bush - Only when I finished and was cleaning up the t...

If you spotted Derek darting through oncoming traffic on Pflumn this past weekend, here’s why. On Saturday morning, Derek was picked up by h...

This is what we had yesterday at work to celebrate the birthday of a co-worker who loves chocolate. Needless to say, we were the hit of the ...

After a bit of research and calling around, we finally settled on having our Family Boating Day this past weekend at Hillsdale Lake. After a...

This past weekend, Derek had his 10 year high school reunion and it was a blast! Our friends had a bunch of people over for some food and dr...

This past Sunday, Derek and I ventured out to Pomona, Kansas (population 1,000) to surprise his great aunt, Reta, for her 90th birthday get ...

So after seeing Food Inc on Thursday with some friends, I couldn't WAIT to visit Kansas City's biggest farmers market, the Riverside...

Derek has a natural ability to calm babies in any situation. It's actually an awesome talent to have seeing as we'll have children o...