Last night Abbi and I babysat Jake (Tara & Scott’s little boy). Tim had to go down to Chicago for a work thing. Ok, yes it was a work thing but he totally got to hang out with David Crowder at the House of Blues. Jealous! So anyhow, Tara & Scott had a work banquet [...]

One day a week I have a college student come in and watch Abbi for a few hours so I can run errands, go to doctor appointments, regain my sanity. This is a small slice of freedom, a 3 hour block of freedom from a very impatient 2 year old barking out orders and demands. [...]

Last year we really didn’t do the Halloween thing. Tim had to work and Abbi was right at the age where she wouldn’t just sit in a costume being all cute and she certainly was not going to walk around house to house. Which was sad. But, being that I loved Halloween as a kid, [...]