Labor Day Weekend Re-cap

I’m not typically a big fan of recap posts, but this past weekend was just too good not share. Here’s a brief (ha!) rundown of how things went: Thursday morning I woke up bright and early…or dark and early, as the case may be at 4:30. We fed the...

The Rice Family: The Middle Years

A few months ago I wrote a post about the early years of Brush Ranch and how my grandparents met and their love story. Well, it’s time for round two, a time period I’ve so cleverly named “The Middle Years.” If someone can come up with a better...

Epic Weekend Part 3: The Trip Home

Sooo….where did we leave off? If you haven’t already, you’ll want to read the first post about our trip across the country, and the second post about our time in Philly… And now we have arrived at the part where I tell you about us getting...

Epic Weekend Part 2: Philadelphia

Did you guys know that Philadelphia is right across the Delaware river from New Jersey? I didn’t. Now I do. Not surprisingly, since clearly I’m not up on my East Coast geography, I was caught a bit off guard by all the New Jersey accents I ran into in...

Epic Weekend Part 1: Cross Country Travel with Twins

It’s wedding season, people. One of my most favorite times of year. I really, really love weddings. I’m going to be that 90 year old woman who still dances to every song at my grandson’s wedding reception after having one too many glasses of...