I turned to Evie {seriously}, "If those monkeys get in here, you are going to throw your ice cream and run like hell.  Got it?"  Evie, with large eyes {equally seriously}, "Yes mommy.  Got it.  If those monkeys come in...

I fired up YouTube at 7 am.... full blast.  We kept it going on repeat until we left the RV at 10.  "Born on a mountain top in Tennessee.  Greenest state in the land of the free.  Raised in the...

I like to try to make connections between what's going on and what we're feeling.  If I had to make a best guess, I'd say our last year was all about strangling every last second of fun out of every...