• Kids

    Love These Guys

    Do you ever have a night where your kids just exhaust you? Like, completely wipe you out?  They push every button, get on your last nerve… get you plotting a 30 minute earlier bedtime?  Yeah, that was tonight.  Blake has been working late every night this week, so I’ve been doing this thing solo.  While it has surprisingly been a really good week, I think my nerves were just shot tonight.  But funny thing about being a parent, as crazy as they can make you, they still bring you so much joy it’s unbelievable.  When I tell Beckett it’s time to go night-night, he instantly lays his head on my…

  • Kids

    A Backyard Camping Adventure

    So last night, after putting Brogan to bed, Blake tells me he has an idea.  He smirks and gives me a look that means you’re probably going to think I’m crazy, but… he wants to take the boys camping in our backyard.  My first question was if he just saw the Folgers commercial, to which he answered uh, no.  Much to his surprise, I actually thought it was a great idea and I knew Brogan would love it!  I immediately recused myself from participation (not that I’m sure I was even invited), since I really enjoy sleeping in my bed and was looking at this outing as a chance for…