Hipster, Amish, or Poor: Make your own Yogurt

Ok, ok, I know the title of this post could be somewhat offensive. It’s not meant that way, it’s just something one of my cousins said to me after I FORCED her to try spoonful of my first ever batch of home made soy yogurt. Mmmmm, sounds tasty, right? She...

The Babies Are Winning

This week, the babies are winning. Up until this point (we’re 19 weeks in), if you’d asked me how we’re all doing, now that we’re a family of four, I would have smiled and said, “We’re doing really well,” with a semi-surprised...

Life Lessons, Courtesy of Brush Ranch

Growing up at summer camp was an educational experience to say the least. Every person who walked through the gate at Brush Ranch had something to share, something to give, and something to learn. And it seems that everything that happens at camp happens in warp...

Residency Pros & Cons

Sure, get out a piece of notebook paper and make one column for pros, the other for cons, then decide if residency is for you and your family. Ha! After four long years of medical school and mountains of debt, you’d better hope that the “pros” column...

As Long as We Have Our Health

There were moments when we were in the NICU with our twins that I really thought they would never let us bring them home. I thought we’d be one of those families that spends years in the hospital with babies who never knew anything different. The challenges our...