As I mentioned in my last post, a friend of mine from high school was killed in a tragic off-road crash in the Mojave Desert that made national headlines. Mike “Skinny” Dickinson was just 34-years-old.
Last week, I went to San Diego for his services. It was at the cemetery when I got my first good [...]

Life sure does have a funny, or maybe cruel, way of reminding you ‘hey, don’t take me for granted.’
My sister-in-law is about 10-months pregnant. On Saturday was her baby shower. We know it’s a girl! Lucy Anne Knight will be her name. So there was no shortage of pink and purple onsies and blankets to [...]

Let me start, once again, by saying: please forgive me for not posting in some time.
I’ll try to keep my blog current and up-to-date, but I’m a mom with a full-time job, a one-year-old (yes, he’s one now!), a husband and a dog (Duke can be just as needy as the prior two), so please [...]

Another “first” for Steel….poolside at Grandpa and Grandma’s!
Steve and I had spent the weekend at his family’s cabin at Shaver Lake raking pine needles to create a defensible space (we are law abiding citizens, after all). While we were there, Steel stayed at his Grandpa Gordon and Grandma Sandy’s house in the valley.
They just built [...]

Steel’s now an independent 11-month old, standing on his  own two feet.
A couple of weeks ago, he started pulling himself  up. First, he would climb up on one of us, myself or my husband, and slowly and unsteadily stand. His legs would turn to Jell-O and then he would hit the floor. He learned quickly, [...]

Steve and I packed up the Ford Edge Family Mobile, with Baby Steel and  Duke the Dog in tow, and headed south for the Nojoqui Falls Park in Santa Barbara County on Sunday.
First though, we had to stop in Solvang for a late breakfast. We had every intention of it being an early breakfast, but [...]

That’s the question I’m asked daily by friends, family, and folks who see me everyday, but I don’t get to see them: our loyal Daybreak viewers!
Whenever I’m asked, instantly a smile comes across my face and I say, ‘he’s crawling now!’
The little bugger is fast, too! One day we saw that he was figuring it… a little crawl here, a little [...]

…was absolutely amazing!
I had the most perfect day with my family.
It started off with a morning walk under bluish-grey skies with my boys (Steve, Steel and Duke). It was such a gorgeous morning. We walked to a coffee shop where it hit me, it’s Mother’s Day. Not that I didn’t already know, but it really sank in as [...]

Hey there! I know I kind of left you guys hanging since my last post about a month ago and I do apologize. I haven’t quite found my balance of juggling a career, motherhood and married life, that’s has then given me sometime to blog, but my question is: will I ever? Moms, any feedback? [...]

Steel turns eight months today, March 29.
Another month, another worry. This newest concern of mine is a few years out for me to even be troubled about, but why put off 7 years what I can do today, right?
Okay, so here’s my newest concern: Steel’s a big baby, there’s no denying it and he’s showing [...]