It’s finally [almost that] time! My oldest son, Hayden, and I have been working on a children’s book for a WHILE now and it’s nearly ready to make its debut out into the world! This book tells a fictional story about a country music band made of five Very Interesting People, all of whom have…

Any Office fans here? Remember that quote when Michael Scott explains that sometimes he starts a sentence and he doesn’t know where it’s going… that’s me today with this blog post. I haven’t written a blog in 345 days. But why not just start one and see where it takes us, guys? We’ll all find…

When I was 17, I worked at a local restaurant in my home town. I was a twirler and I was in band and every day I had practice after school and then work, and then all the course load for my AP classes I was enrolled in. In the summers, I would take dual…

I’ve thought a lot lately about how to label what it is I’m passionate about and what it is I do {in all my free time}. I landed on the term “Bridging Gaps.” What type of gaps am I trying to bridge, you may wonder. There are many kinds, but I would say the largest…

This week my husband, Ryan, and I celebrate 19 years of wedded bliss [read: chaos]. I always thought “old” people were so dramatic when they would say “time flies” but now as a fellow “old” person I realize they were not lying! Time has flown by for us, certainly (I think the million kids and…