Some of you may be wondering how we’re getting along in the Smith household without our smallest member. I must say that taking Sarah to school on Monday without him was really tough. It’s been a long time since she and I have made that trip without our fluffy, white accomplice riding shotgun.   When I was cooking last night, I dropped a piece of…

Note:  Sarah said to tell you how much she enjoyed reading the advice you all left in the recent post about her 17th birthday.  She and I sat for a while last night and discussed the comments and the wisdom that was shared. Thanks so much!)  And speaking of Sarah, we can’t get into today’s post without a First Day of 11th Grade Picture, now…

Since we already had Sarah’s official birthday celebration (the Tea Party, which I will finish telling you about on Monday) we had just a small gathering at our house on her actual birthday.  Miss Sarah, the Seventeen Year Old.…

Today we are celebrating Sarah’s seventeenth birthday! Yes, I really did say seventeen.  And no, I can’t believe it either. There was a time in our lives when we never dared dream that we would get to celebrate this milestone.  In fact, Trine, a faithful, long time reader from Denmark, recently reminded me of a post I had written on that very subject way back…