Next week is my birthday. I'm 12 years old! I'm so excited! I'm getting a new bike. My bike is red and black. My guy Bruce is ma...

So a year ago, at HOM's annual Memorial Day Sale, we splurged. We bought a new mahagony entertainment center and a huge leather sectiona...

This guy says it all!

When the phone rings at midnight, it's never a good thing, so when my phone rang all kinds of horrible thoughts came rushing into my hea...

Ok, well they're of our fur family. If you thought photographing 4 kids was difficult, try four fur kids! Especially when one of them is...

I have a love/hate relationship with Google Reader. If you've never used Google reader, or any of the other readers before, you aught to...

I'm talking about the laugh made by Tim Allan in "Home Improvement". I have owned a handful of houses in my adult life. With h...

Today in the Star Tribune, it was announced that a recent crash has been ruled a suicide/homicide. The teen driver drove himself and his pa...

I'm hoping this summer Angela will be busy, busy busy! This is the first year we've opted out of extended school year services (aka ...

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I have a new hero, and his name is Daniel Drinker . Daniel and his brother Will are documenting his journey through life. The good and the b...

I know that some of you are thinking I'm going to write about "those" kinds of changes, but I'm not. In fact, "change...

Tyler went to prom on Saturday with his friend Jenna. Those who know me, you'll be shocked to hear I didn't cry! Very close...very v...

Go watch this video!

Ohhh...I hate making decisions about something that is months away! Well, I guess it depends upon what the decision is about. Like..I have n...

It's not until we become mothers ourselves that we understand the tears a mother cries for her children. Noah, my firstborn. As he was p...

Who made the rule that says, "All clothing, after being washed and dried, must be folded and put away into drawers and closets." I...

Tyler and I drove down to Jordan, MN today, to pick up Angela's sidecar that I had painted. First, let me tell you, Tracy over at TJ Des...

A few of my internet friends have young kids with DS who either already have, or will soon be getting hearing aids. As mentioned in a previo...

Today I was talking to Angela's teacher, who mentioned that she watched the video from Angela's performance the other night. Her res...