I'm here! I'm here! I haven't forgotten that I own a blog! (ok, I sorta forgot for two years, but in my defense, I've been ...

This one is a hard one for me to write. I've spent the last two days either balled up on the couch or trying to go about my daily busine...

I usually take pictures of Hopper and Mr. Bean together right around Hopper's birthday because it was right around then that in my fu...

"YOU MADE US DO THIS LAST YEAR, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS YEAR?" "THE SUN IS BLINDING ME FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS." ...

Today, Hopper Augustus Hovland is nine years old.  On Valentine's Day, his teacher had us parents write a "love letter" to our...

The puppies are three weeks old tomorrow. I would say that it doesn't seem like it's been that long, but it seems somehow both THAT ...

This one is seven today.  Yesterday, he came up to me and said, "You know, I really like having a birthday, but the downside is: every ...

I had plans for Sugarplum, my pregnant foster to give birth over the extended MLK weekend. My plan WAS:  she could give birth on like, Satur...

It's been a while since I posted some of the funny things my kids said when they were little, but rest assured, as the years pass, their...

First week of January is already history and this just goes to show you how unable I am to keep even the simplest of New Year's Resoluti...