It was interesting to wrap a bow around what has been one of the most challenging and interesting years of my life. The last month of the year, December, really did a great job of that because of how much we were surrounded by, and spent time with, family and friends. A great friend, Alison,…
As usual, November was an active month. Hanleigh went back to in-person school two days a week and rode the bus for the first time ever! She was so excited about it (and so were we). Gotta appreciate those rites of passage whenever you can! After a year of planning to take a trip with…
October has already come and gone and it was a very productive month as far as researching things is concerned. I’ll explain more later. Brayden continued playing field hockey and absolutely loves it. We are going to enroll her in another league that is a little bit more serious and one in which she has…
During September, we ramped up the amount of time we’ve spent gathering quotes to remodel our kitchen and paint the exterior. Still undecided as to which project we will go with or who we will use. This process takes a lot of time! We are both anxious to get started on a project, though. We’ll…
August is quite the festive month for this family. Filled with all kinds of birthdays and celebrations as well as getting ready to go back to school, there is always something going on. I started the month off with a neighborhood girls’ night out to a relatively new restaurant called Lincoln Street Kitchen and Cocktails.…
Just as we do every July, we kicked off the month with a fabulous family reunion with the Spurling side of the crew. Although we were supposed to have about 29 people this year, due to the pandemic, there were 16 of us that showed up. We still made the most of it and had…