Lately || November 2023

November wins first prize for “most diverse month”: it comes on the heels of Halloween and spooky season, winds its way through fall happenings and Thanksgiving, then ushers in the Christmas festivities. ...

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Lately || October 2023

Fall took its merry time, but decided to make an appearance here in Texas as September’s scorching temps gave way to drizzly, cooler weather for a few lovely weeks this month. But ...

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Lately || September 2023

This post is coming to you from the front seat of our brand new (to us) truck as our family inches our way toward the Texas coast, a trailer hitched behind us. ...

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Lately || August 2023

I have heard a lot of chatter this August about how it is one of the hardest and most stressful months, with chaos levels equalling that of May and December. I must ...

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Lately || July 2023

Summer vacation is winding down for our family, but we are making the most of these waning summer days and packed this month FULL! Here’s a look at my world in the ...

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Lately || June 2023

You ever hit a month where it feels like you just can’t get a break? That was June for us. We came home from our California vacation to a refrigerator that was ...

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Lately || May 2023

Hello friends! I hope that the month of June is treating you well and that you hung in there okay without hearing for me during my blogging hiatus. 😉 I am back ...

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Lately || April 2023

I spent a good chunk of last Friday morning searching frantically for some library books that were overdue. When I asked Luke if he had seen the books, he laughed and reminded ...

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Lately || March 2023

March is my birthday month, but it always ranked low on my hierarchy of favorite months (like, 10th or 11th low). That was when we lived in Southern California, and March didn’t ...

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Lately + February 2023

If you’ve ever wondered how to make the shortest month of the year stretch on interminably, here is my formula: introduce a series of illnesses to the family that passes slowly from ...

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