How Life Has Changed Since Becoming a School Mom {Or Not}

We are into our 4th week of school and one of the biggest adjustments of our lives, and Brad and I are still pinching ourselves over how well smoothly it’s running.  No tears, no complaints, no reluctance – is this just honeymoon newbie school phase still?  People keep stopping to ask me what I’m doing …

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2013 in 80 seconds…

Here’s a look back at 2013 in just 80 seconds. Definitely just a handful of highlights, but it displays what a blessed year it has been. God has been so faithful to our family… Looking forward to more memories, milestones, accomplishments, and surprises in 2014! Wishing a happy and blessed New Year to you and …

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A BLUE Christmas with the Colts

The boys had an opportunity to play on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium over the weekend during the “Bleed Blue” Blood Drive event. It’s a great deal all around – Brad gives life, gets a free football, and the boys call score touchdowns on the same field our beloved Colts play. If only I …

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Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Another great Halloween is in the books! We had a great time with our four Buckaroos racing door to door with neighborhood friends. It was so fun as a parent to step back and just watch them enjoy it all! They loved their costumes (especially the guns – boys!) We had most of our costume …

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Quads + Unemployment: When Our Financial Security Collapsed

The Storm Before The Storm When we found out we were expecting quadruplets in August of 2006 we thought their care would be the biggest financial hardship we would ever face as a couple. The estimated hospital bills for my high-risk care, as well as extended intensive care for four preemie babies, were quoted to …

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Throwback Thursday: To Infinity and Beyond #tbt

We were driving home from my parents house late last night in need of some entertainment, so I decided to log into my neglected Vimeo account.  It was like an uncovered treasure of video clips I hadn’t watched for years.  And the boys couldn’t get enough of their toddler selves! I was thinking a lot …

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Learning to Fly: Flight Lessons in Parenthood

Six and a half years into this parenting multiples journey, and we’re still finding our wings.  Most of the time it’s felt like a freefall.  There’s no instruction manual for raising quads, no practice kid to learn from, no long talks with your mom about how she handled four at once, no MOPS group for …

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Because Moms Put the “Labor” in Labor Day

In honor of Labor Day, I’m sharing our “Labor Day” story again for any of you who missed it in February.  I didn’t really go into labor on February 2, 2007, but I’ve been laboring ever since, so that counts, right????!!! Our Quadruplets’ Birth Story Part 1 {The Day We Found Quadruplets/Mono-Amniotic Twins} Part 2 …

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