It’s birthday season in our house again! We have other holiday seasons. Why can’t we have birthday season? In our family, it begins in mid-September and ends in mid-October. [caption id="attachment_16865" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo Credit: April Olivia Roskos[/caption] Birthdays are kind of a big deal around here....
We had a great Christmas. A happy Christmas. And then, two days ago, I turned forty. I don't feel any different, really. It's just a number. But it means I've been here, on earth, for forty years. In this strange, in-between week of Holidays, when the world slows...
I’m linking up with Leigh Kramer today to share September happenings in the Treat family!What we’ve been doing . . .September began with adjusting to the new school year. I expected my middle child to have a hard time...
Today is the day my baby was due. The one that surprised us in the fall. And then surprised us again by slipping away from this earth before we got to meet her. My belly never grew. I never felt her move. We didn’t give...
The birthday was last week, but I've been working on other projects so . . . here are pics of my favorite two-year-old at long last! The photos should speak for themselves. Photo by April Roskos...
I haven't done much for flood victims. Helping out with the "flood buckets" my church is providing via the Red Cross has been the extent of my mission. The initial cleanup seems to be complete, but I'm sure more help will be needed in the...
I’m a tough act to follow. Seriously. My last post was so poignant and breathtaking that ever since then each and every idea is blown out of the water when I look over that May 24th post. I might as well just give up now....
Now I am officially sick of peppermint. No, really, the evening following my last post, Adrian decided to keep us up most of the night, insisting on sleeping in our bed. He was miserably ill with a bad cold. The next morning I woke from what little sleep...
I don't know exactly what is required to be considered a "foodie" but I love food. Buying it, preparing it, and eating it. I don't consider myself an expert at all, but I do love good food and I have fun with it, so maybe...
October has always been a busy month for us. This year, Camilla turned four! The other day I told her she'll always be my baby girl and she said, "But Mom, I have to grow up sometime." If statements like these weren't interspersed with...
