Dec 31, 2019 | allen family, All About Me, personal |
I couldn’t sleep much last night because the end of the year gets me all jazzed up. The idea of turning a page. Closing a chapter. I feel it palpably each year. I never stick to my resolutions but I love making them. My goals usually fall away as life takes over but I...
Jun 9, 2019 | allen family, bits of our everyday, personal |
Hi friends! Happy Summer! iPhone pic in front of the famous Austin wall.. I hope your summer has started off great! Less then a week after the last day of school I drove my mom and the kids to San Antonio for a dance recital for Parker (my middle daughter – age...
Feb 2, 2018 | allen family, bits of our everyday, exploring missouri
As you may know, we love to hike in the winter! We spend as many days hiking as possible between late Nov and early March! Chris had to spend an entire Saturday at SLU so I let the kids grab a friend and we took off to a more local park in St. Charles –...
Aug 23, 2017 | allen family, bits of our everyday
While my sister and niece’s were in town we took a day to go down to the Arch! The kids had all been before but Avery was a baby and she’s 7 now so none of them really remembered much. The construction down there is a super bummer and we parked in the...
Aug 22, 2017 | allen family, bits of our everyday
If you live in Webster Groves you spend the morning of July 4th at the PARADE! The girls (mine and my nieces) become obsessed with making friendship bracelets so that kept them busy while we waited for it to start. PawPaw supporting WG students and the kids relishing...
Aug 10, 2017 | allen family, bits of our everyday
Bailey turned 12 and we talked endlessly about what kind of party she wanted. Everything from a big dancing glow party in the backyard to an adventure somewhere but we settled on a few close friends at the lake. It was perfect. We played in the water, the kids tubed,...