I've been working on catching my kids personalities in pictures. This is Evelyn at 5. She has explosive joyful energy that never seems to run out. She loves to move, whether it's dancing, running, exploring, or jumping. She's incredibly intelligent but in a way that constantly catches me off guard ("I know you have chocolate in your backpack, but if you share with me, I won't tell anyone."). She's sensitive and compassionate ( which she inherited from me) and I love that abou

Winter is always a hard time for our kids. They're indoors more than they like, they get antsy, and will make their own "fun" if they get too bored (like dumping out all the spices to "make a recipe"). On a particularly cold and snowy day, Nick and I did what any desperate parents would do. We put up a backdrop in the playroom, grabbed the leftover new years eve confetti, and spent an hour throwing it at each other (no one else does this? just us then?). Vera was not a big fa

Hello friends! Our new baby Sullivan just turned two months old! I'm finally getting more sleep and feeling less like a zombie, so I'm happy to get back to blogging. Back in August, my sister, daughters, and I got the amazing opportunity to go on a Disney cruise from England to Norway. It was an absolutely incredible trip and I'm so excited to share the photos I took with you. Norway was never really high on my list of places to visit, but now that I've been there, I'm totall