Category: Time to Celebrate

There are three things in life that I have promised my mommy self that I will always do for my children: 1) breastfeed as long as I am able and as long as they want; 2) …

Happy World Ballet Day!  Most of you know that ballet is close to my heart.  I’m a dancer, teacher and choreographer but you may not know that I’ve also been a costume maker.  My specialty?  …

Today is OUR day, the day that we share our love and celebrate our marriage. Three kids, three homes, five losses, Seven years later. It’s kind of a big deal. We’ve reached the point of …

My Mommy and my Mommy-in-law both lost their own mommies this summer.  My girls were very saddened and made them cards which, in our true family style, never got mailed.  So instead of sending them …

Tomorrow we will celebrate the life and love of my Gran’ma as we say our good-byes. The lead up to this day has been long, weeks of waiting but it’s given us time to prepare. …

  Last night I took Sugarplum out for a birthday dinner, just her and me. When I got invited the Tijuana Flats event earlier in the month, I decided to take Honeybun as my “plus one” …

Today my little Sugarplum is 4.  We’ve had quite a journey over the past four years and I’ve shared more than enough about it already, so I’ll keep it short and sweet: Sugarplum is my …

Growing up, I loved watching the fireworks on Fourth of July.  My aunt and uncle live in the foothills overlooking Denver and we used to go up to their house and watch the fireworks over …

There is something about your child turning 5.  Something that instills fear and a feeling of “how the hell did this happen?!?!”  I see it often from friends on Facebook, people panicking about their little …

I have a confession to make:  I’m terrible at icing cakes.  Not like “I’m not an expert but it always turns out just fine” kind of terrible, like really, actually, seriously terrible.  Like I just …