A couple of years ago (let’s be honest, almost three years ago), Mike, Chris & I all went to Gordonsville, Virginia to see the fall leaves and take pictures of stars. Well, Mike took pictures because that’s before I knew anything about anything. Mike planned out two hikes for the Saturday that we were there. […]

We’d been talking about camping for a while. If you guys follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen all the pictures from all the hikes and such that I’ve gone on recently (and it’s really not that many – but it’s so many more than zero, which is what I was doing before). First Landing State […]

I’m not quite sure why seven feels so huge. We spent the day going out to eat, to get our nails done, to the movies – and are finishing it with a night out at her favorite restaurant. Piper is seven. If you’ve never met her, she’s hilarious. She has a huge sense of humor […]

I’ve never been so great at taking care of myself. Don’t get me wrong – I tend to do kind of what I want to do, but sometimes that means that I end up in a place I don’t want to be. I might gain weight, I might be tired, I might overextend myself. The […]

Whenever a new year begins, I try to think of a practical New Years Resolution.  Nothing too crazy.  Do I want to lose 40 pounds?  Totally. I’m doing things to work on that, like going to CycleBar almost every day (it’s become a bit of an obsession- seriously, you should come with me!). Am I […]

Wrenny Penny is in school full-time.  Now that Chris has a new job (yay for Christopher and his new job!), it’s even tougher to work from home with a kid, so Wren is in school.  Wren isn’t the kid that she used to be: she needs a lot more time and attention now that she’s […]