2.28.18

2.28.18||  It's too many changes for one mama too fast.  I know you are starting your process of leaving now, but I'm not sure I'm ready....

2.27.18

2.27.18 || She's whacky, this one....

2.26.18

2.26.18||  What a mess we are in right now.....

2.25.18

2.25.18| I'll title this one my wild and crazy midlife crisis door color. 

2.24.18

2.24.18||  Making cards for a friend in the hospital.

2.23.18

2.23.18 || Finally making time for our date night downtown!

2.22.18

2.22.18|| Finished a new addition to our entryway.  Home improvement projects are our wheelhouse.

2.21.18

2.21.18 || Awesome (and WARM!) vacation day out with the cousins!

2.20.18

2.20.18||  Picking up the OFFICIAL drivers permit

2.19.18

2.19.18|| Our quantity of family time together is not what is used to be, so grateful to be soaking it up at an awesome day on the slopes.  perfection!

2.18.18

2.18.18 ||  A little too early, a little too snowy....but sweet redemption to win all games against teams of HS seniors  made it all worth it.  so much fun.

2.17.18

2.17.18||  Boys class A swim states, just making it there is something to be so proud of.

2.16.18

 2.16.18||  5th grade play was a success and he LOVED it!

2.15.18

2.15.18|| State Team 2nd year!

2.14.18

2.14.17 ||  Celebrating the love and surprises for all my people today as well as some last valentine's parties. Is the 5th grade the last?  I think so.  (not one child had to make or send a class list full of valentines this year!)

2.13.18

2.13.18 || Green smoothie with Vital Proteins for the Tuesday Morning win

2.12.18

2.12.18  I always want to remember what "Mom" looked like in their handwriting

2.11.18

Even though we are and always have been super proud of your honor roll grades and how much you care and work hard at the challenging courses at school, We want you to know......pressure is off.  There is nothing you can do, ever to make us love you less than we do.


There is a great, big world outside the walls of your school and academic life where skills like relating, managing, critical thinking, leadership, risk-taking, and initiative are needed … where attributes like compassion, integrity, perseverance, honesty, and ambition will be needed to make important changes and breakthroughs happen in our world. And there you will be, using your skills and your attributes to better the world. I will never let grades, scores, or reports ever let us lose sight of your purpose or potential.”

Average grades do not mean you are an average person. 

Below-average grades do not mean you will have a below-average life. 

You are more than the marks you receive. 

You are more than what you achieved today.  

There is more than one path to success and prosperity. 

-Hands Free Mama

2.10.18

2.10.18  Weekends are for pet cuddles going out with our friends and redoing closets.

2.9.18

2.9.18 | I get by with a little help from my friends

2.8.18

2.8.18 ||  The winters are long but the years are short. so so short.

2.7.18

2.7.18 ||  Learning how to speak teenager (aka Snapchat). He says I'm overthinking it.

2.6.18

2.6.18  Storm Coming

2.5.18

2.5.18  1987 Trends sometimes circle back around.

2.4.18

2.4.18 Sometimes you win some and sometimes you lose.  There are important lessons in both.

2.3.18

2.3.18 Saturday night Vibes....

2.2.18

2.2.18  in 2018 they have an app for that!  69 hours and 58 mins to go and he's doing just fine!

2.1.18

2.1.18 ||  Jesus take the wheel!  (really, though, it was FINE.)