Abby is the Student Body President, aka Madame President. (Okay, I'm the only one that calls her that) but this week is Constitution Week and spirit week. So Abby has been planning a theme for every day; Waikiki Wednesday, Red Out Thursday, and Tinfoil Tuesday.  So after dinner we all had to get our thinking … Continue reading Tinfoil Tuesday & teeth brushing 

​​​this is my Grandma Bobbie. Barbra Anne. I love her. She is the queen of pink glasses and the glass is half full. A second grade teacher for a whole generation. A Green River Wyoming girl who grew up in Whitier California.  ​​ ​ ​​ This is grandma's famous "Fire! Fire!" song. She has always … Continue reading Scatting comes with age 

I don't work on Fridays so Ruby and my weekend starts Thirsday nights. It's a good life. ​​ Marc insisted on making dinner. Brazilian black beans, rice, and spicey tilapia. It was muy delicioso. ​Marc reading Elephant and Piggy books to little Miss Mackshe loved it we spend a lot of our Friday's at Jo's. … Continue reading Party like it’s Thursday night! 

I have been wanting a change with my hair. I have felt it has been so tired and drab. And so Jo worked her wonders. I am now a Cherry Dr. Pepper.  Before and after  Abby's hair is the ying to my yang 

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Half a year with our little miss Ruby Mack! I am so in love with her. I love watching her discover new things like splashing in the pool or her developing motor skills to examine everything with in reach in her mouth.  She loves to sing and to be sung to. She can be distracted … Continue reading Six months

With both grandmas out of town this week, we have had to come up with some creative working hours. The adorable factor did put a small damper on the productivity level.  Working harder or hardly working?See that little elbow chunk roll there?nothing is sweeter than your baby's hand on your cheek. 

I was listening to a great podcast with Susan Peterson, the owner of Freshly Picked, and she talked about one of her keys to success is that she has learned to live with intention. She uses the example of if you are going to bed, then actually go to bed don't "accidentally" play candy crush … Continue reading Intentionally awesome 

We met Calli, one of Marc's classmates at the white coat ceramony. She was super nice and she LOVED Ruby. (It's so hard not to)  This week Calli told Marc how she just couldn't stop talking about Ruby and how cute Ruby is, her baby soft skin... Calli's roommate quickly affirmed her comment, "it's true, … Continue reading The school mascot 

I really can't get over how stinkin' cute this little girl is.  She is finally growing out of her 3 month clothes so we busted in to her box of bigger clothes, and found this little number Jojo picked up for us in her cruise.  Naturally we had a spontaneous photos hoot ​Ruby found her tongue … Continue reading My happy girl