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Happy Fourth 2014

This year we were fortunate to spend the Fourth of July with the Hamletts at their mountain house. It was great – the weather was ideal (I mean, I can’t remember the last time we had seventies and sunny in July), the food was delicious and it goes without saying that the  company was superb. …

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Coolin’ off

It’s rare these days that when 5:00 rolls around that I have actually wrapped up what I am working on. Usually even though the clock strikes 5, my mind is usually still working well into the night on whatever the latest and greatest design challenge is. It’s the thing I like the best and the…

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Dog days of summer

Well it’s not quite the dog days of summer – thank goodness – but we did have lots of fun with our dog this afternoon – among other things. We visited the Museum of Life and Science and had a great time. We are so fortunate to have this museum right around the corner from…

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Mini-vacay

So while the big boys (JJ + his dad) were off playing, mom and the kiddos packed up and headed to High Point. I know, one might consider this far short of a vacation given that we only traveled an hour down the road. Either way, lucky for us the Hamletts were nice (brave) enough…

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Memorial day 2014

To top off a great weekend, we celebrated Memorial day with GG and Gdaddy with a spread that could not be beat (until of course the next Herrman gathering). It was a toasty afternoon, so the kids enjoyed the sprinkler. The funniest part had to be Connor insisting on an innertube for the sprinkler. Maybe…

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Summer’s on

School’s out and so summer is on! The kids were good sports and missed most of their end of the year fun day, including the water slide, because we had to get hair cuts, so we picked up our own water slide and tried to replicate the fun. Our well water might have been a…

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Lovin’ my girl

It was just a day to celebrate Cailee, her great accomplishments and how much she’s grown over the past three years.

Cailee graduates from Preschool

No, I can’t believe it and never imagined the emotions it would conjure up today. It seems so menial, preschool graduation, but I feel like I lose a little part of my baby girl when she goes to big girl school, and even though I’ve been fortunate to have an extra year at home with…

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Throwback Thursday

My little girl (always) the first week of preschool (two years old) and today. What a sweet young lady she’s growing up to be. Sniff, sniff.