Category Archives: Family

My family. Anything and everything about us.

You define me

Categories: Family, Relationships

My relationships define meas a daughter, sister, wife, mom, friend, teacher, student, leader, follower, enemy, and nemesis. We are all defined by our relationships. Keep reading

Our family meme

Categories: Family

A lot of families have a family motto. And we have one of those. But not every family has a family meme. We do. We’re really not as shallow as our family meme would suggest. Keep reading

The only true adventure

Categories: Family, Happy Things

Tomorrow is our six-year anniversary. Six years really doesn’t seem that long and yet at the same time it seems like we’ve been married forever, in a good way of course. … The collage below is one photo for every month we’ve been married. At some point every month we sit all of us down in front of the camera to record how our family adventure is going. Keep reading

Shimri

Categories: Family, Happy Things

Shimri is our little lady. The way she holds her body and her hands, the way she babbles and laughs, everything about her is dainty, delicate, and proper. Except that she grunts like some primal animal when she’s eating before bed, which we find hilarious. Keep reading

I’m an orangutan

Categories: Family, Learn Something

I learned that modern orangutan mothers are in constant physical contact with their children for the first 4-5 months of their lives. Constant. The two are never apart. Always touching. And I think I might be part orangutan. Keep reading

Shimei

Categories: Family, Happy Things

Shimei is our little man. He has a smile that’s bigger than his face. We have yet to figure out how that works but it’s true. Keep reading

Tradition!

Categories: Family, Folks

I’ve been thinking about the traditions we have in our family lately. We have a lot. I love that we each brought some from our childhood that we are now making part of our kids’ childhood and that we have some that we’ve made up all on our own either purposefully or on accident. Keep reading