Author Archives: allyanne

Hello! When I have nothing interesting to say, I can always post recent scrapbook pages! These are from earlier this spring.

I got the best treat this past weekend! My sweet little niece, Piper, came to stay with us while her mommy and daddy went camping. We had the best time! She didn’t cry at all when they dropped her off, … Continue reading →

I never really know how this anniversary will affect me each year, the anniversary of my mother’s death. Last year, I was surprisingly stable and not unhappy, and I thought that maybe I was “getting over it.” Enter this year: … Continue reading →

Look at this ridiculous thing: Have you ever seen anything so beautiful? I walk outside and see this rose and usually make some kind of noise and wave my arms around and then bury my face in its blooms and … Continue reading →

Well, we had Memorial Day weekend. Chad’s mom and dad were visiting from Texas, and it is always good to see them. Sweet mom, enjoying her strawberry milkshake at Dan’s Dogs. And Grandpa Doug, who is keen to spoil Aiden … Continue reading →

So, yesterday was hot and humid in these parts. I called my friend Christi and arranged to meet her and her kids at a nearby lake “to splash around in the water and play in the sand.” And I told … Continue reading →

WHAT a great weekend! Three days (since Chad took Friday off) of hanging out in our backyard, moving dirt around and burning stuff. What could be better? (In fact, when I texted Chad on Wednesday to convince him to take … Continue reading →

My dad and stepmom have been sending Aiden camping gear for his birthdays lately. Last year, it was a really cool tent. This year, a sleeping bag. He has been dying, DYING, to have a “camping day.” So we planned … Continue reading →

We solved a huge problem in our back yard this week. I was so DONE with the “flower bed” behind the house that I was ready to just spend millions of dollars building a deck over it and never seeing … Continue reading →

They are SO CUTE. I could watch them all day. Aiden and I sit on the front steps and watch all the time. We laugh when they forget we are there and pop up and peep like crazy things. We … Continue reading →

He really, really does. He is one of the best workers I know. But it has to be REAL work. Grown-up work, not manufactured-for-a-kid-to-do work. This kid is a whiz with a shovel. I’m just sayin.’ He insisted on pushing … Continue reading →

It seems that way! Birthday after birthday, mother’s day, weddings, Memorial Day. . .it’s an endless stream of parties and making food to take and figuring out gifts and cards and who is taking whom. The older I get, the … Continue reading →

Wanna see some babies? I have two kinds, the birdy kind and the people kind. Here is the birdy kind: Mama and Papa robin are so very brave these days. Every time we look up there, we see these naked … Continue reading →