Category: The Story of Us

Outside of Houston

February 10, 2017

This morning I was in the men’s room of the Walmart in Cleveland, TX.  I didn’t want to be there but you do what you have to do.  (For the record, this is Traci not Scott…. ) When we left San Antonio, we expected to travel an hour or 2, find a nice state park…

Mona

February 7, 2017

Jack has a thing going on with the moon.  He looks for her every single night and each night that he finds her, he’s just as delighted as if he’d never seen her before.  “Mona”is her name.  It’s a cross between ‘moon’ and ‘luna’.  She was stunning when we out on the edge of the…

Eating

February 6, 2017

This is Scott in a desperate bid to make veggie eating fun: Even with this level of effort, we still aren’t where we want to be in terms of ratio of veggies to snacks. It’s the age old question – why don’t our kids like veggies?!!? This post has one purpose – to keep me…

Thank You

February 1, 2017

I just got my first check from Amazon.  This blog is officially earning money.  We are monetized.  Pinch me. I made…. $27.23. It’s not how much, it’s that we went from none to some.  It’s the pride of actually earning a few pennies to rub together.  I’m genuinely excited to get the check.  I also…

Padre Island National Seashore

January 31, 2017

The kids and I got the boot at 9:00am. Scott was antsy to start work and the kids were being… you know… kids. I threw together our beach bag, snacks and bathing suits and headed to the beach. What more could you want on a nice January day than sun and sea.  Besides, what trouble…