by Steve | Sep 16, 2017 | Family, Real Life, Romance
Fifty years ago today, something pretty special happened — my mom and dad got married. I feel pretty lucky to have had them both as my parents and we are so excited for them to celebrate 50 years together. Over the years they have been a great example of what it...
by Ann | Jul 4, 2017 | Feature Holidays, Holidays, Real Life, The Midwest, USA
After having spent the Fourth of July out of the country three of the past four years, we’re excited to be home this year to celebrate our country’s Independence Day. In 2013, we were in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2015 we celebrated in Barcelona,...
by Ann | Jun 24, 2017 | Family, Feature Family, Real Life, USA
That’s right — Teshhamitroy. It’s our new family name for the week and includes the first two letters of all of our last names. We are taking our daughter, Meghan, and four college students on a family vacation to … wait for it … Branson,...
by Ann | Jun 12, 2017 | Blogging, Real Life
Today was Steve’s last day of work as middle school principal at Crete Public Schools. You can read all about his decision to move on to something new HERE. At the end of the day, he packed up the last of his personal belongings from his office while I was home...
by Meghan | May 14, 2017 | About, Family, Feature Family, Real Life, Travel
Note: This guest post was written by our daughter, Meghan Shrewsbury in 2017. Meghan is now a cardiac ICU nurse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By Meghan Shrewsbury I think I was born to travel. My first trip traveling with my mom (aside from the one through the birth canal)...
by Steve | May 5, 2017 | About, Blogging, Feature Fun Stuff, Feature Real Life, Fun Stuff, Real Life
A little more than a month ago, I sat down and wrote a letter to my boss. It is one I’d been thinking about for awhile, and as I said in the letter, I wrote it with mixed emotions. I have been an educator most of my adult life. I didn’t really set out to...