After the rocky month and a half we’ve had, Thanksgiving was the last thing on my mind. I told Simon I wanted to skip it, to be honest. Not that we weren’t grateful or didn’t have things to give thanks for. On the contrary! In fact, we have more than ever to be thankful for. […]

Last week blew by in a blur of nursing home tours, hospital visits, a night spent with my Mom at the nursing facility, parent teacher conferences, a counseling session (because when the going gets tough, get yourself to talk to someone), and wrapped up with Jude’s eighth birthday party. I won’t lie – it was […]

How was your Labor Day? I’ll be honest – it wasn’t maybe our most relaxing one ever. We haven’t been to our house at Carlton Landing in what feels like an eternity (the house has been rented nonstop!), and so after a loooong week we loaded up the car for the Labor Day weekend.  To be […]

Be prepared for image overload, but there are too many good ones. Our second Independence Day at Carlton Landing was one for the books (and we thought last year’s celebration was amazing). An entire weekend full of events – everything from the pop up shops(!) to hot air balloon rides (did you see on Instagram?!) to […]