This month has been a whirlwind! Josh and I planned a trip to celebrate our 17th anniversary, but I got sick right before, and we had to cancel. Shortly after, I launched my Storm Trucks Kickstarter. The launch started strong, with almost half of my goal met in the first few days! Since then, progress has slowed, which has been tough.
Hi friend! I’ve been busy getting ready for my Kickstarter in September, and a really exciting series of videos I’m launching on YouTube, walking through all the steps it took to bring my story to life in a real, published book. I know when I started dreaming of...
My family has been continuing our journey around our country to visit the US National Parks. This summer we visited five more, bringing our total up to 18. As we have seen so many of these wonderful places I have found myself contemplating how amazingly different each...
I just turned forty, and as my birthday came nearer I actually got nervous about it. I usually don't care about getting older but for some reason forty seemed like a big birthday to me. I know in my head that forty isn't that old, I still have many years ahead of me,...
Photos from our family trip to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Plus, thoughts on quitting social media.
The pain of change is valuable and good. In change there is always pain and learning and growing. I love things to stay the same and comfortable but if they always stay the same, I would never grow and become braver and stronger and wiser.
The pain of change is valuable and good. In change there is always pain and learning and growing. I love things to stay the same and comfortable but if they always stay the same, I would never grow and become braver and stronger and wiser.
I am going to show you how I prioritize and how I get things finished. It’s easy to start something. It’s hard to slog through the middle and get to the ending. Here’s how I do it.
Tips for encouraging your child’s imagination, project updates, and book reviews for the month of February 2024.
When I was a little girl, my family moved across the country. It was also the year my first little sister was born. I was in kindergarten, so it was also probably the year I learned to read and write. I lost my first tooth as we drove across the country. It was a big...
Happy New Year, my friends! This past year has been a doozy for me and my family. This new year feels like a new start, as the sun peeks over the horizon and chases the shadows away. This past year I spent a lot of time in physical therapy for my knee (which I had...
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.The advent season is upon us. I love it. One of my favorite traditions we have as a family is to place all our Christmas picture books under the Christmas tree and all month, those...