Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Every year since Eli and Maddux have started school, we've had at least one snow or ice day, usually in January. The past few years, the...

Eli's introductory season of wrestling culminated in a Metro 10 Championship yesterday. He ended up wrestling four (or five?) times, and...

I honestly wonder how many times I've blogged about this... I do know that whatever the number, it pales in comparison to the amount of ...

It was the first year that it's been just us at our house in probably forever. It was quieter but still a lot of fun. We spent Christmas...

As much as the big kids (Eli, especially) love our church youth group, the annual Christmas Party takes it to a new level. The year before h...

Maddux just started her winter season of rec basketball. Although she's only played one season before, she really enjoyed it and (of cou...

It's been a while since I've posted an update on Ruby's therapies. Here we go! Speech Ruby is stringing together words more a...

Probably our longest lasting holiday tradition is going to cut down our Christmas tree as a family. We stumbled upon a tree farm when Maddux...

Those three letters carry so many feelings with them, and they are all over the map: dread, anxiety, hope, fear, defensiveness, (over)protec...

We love Halloween. OK, I love Halloween. And any chance I can get to come up with a group costume for us is a total win. Eli was totally in ...

This year's Buddy Walk was last weekend. We knew we would not have the same size team we've had in years past because we honestly di...

As I've been answering questions about Ruby and Down syndrome this month, a few people suggested I write about a typical day for Ruby. S...

Eli has long been one to tag along with Lehr during worship band rehearsals at the church. When he was a wee one, he would tag along and the...

Maddux and Eli are both running this season. Maddux was not very thrilled to start this sport, but she's made some good friends in the...

This was a big summer for the big kids. We sent Eli and Maddux out west to see my parents and brother's family just before school resume...

Today I came face to face with the reality that my bigs really are big. Eli and Maddux started school today, meaning they are both in Middl...

First off, this is not a cry for help or even support. I often purge my brain in this way towards the end of working through whatever 't...