

Under the Knife: My Cancer Story, Part 6
My double mastectomy at MDAnderson was scheduled to be six hours long. It took eight and a half. After I said goodbye to Jason and was...


Bug Finders and Mountain Climbers
The day before we drove to Spokane, I sat down with the girls to make our "Bug Finder Binoculars". Jason cut to size a leftover gift wrap...


Another Round of Medicine, Please and Thank You
Another 3 weeks has passed and it's time to head east again for another round of treatment for Christin. This time I managed to get some...


A Journey to Oz: My Cancer Story, Part 5
As summer drew to a close, so did chemo. Again. This time the champagne and bubble-blowing were replaced by anxiety. We all had the same...


Play Dough Bugs
This activity kicked off our unofficial Pink Door House Summer Bug Camp. Hopefully after a few weeks of projects, songs, and games about...


Bug Camp
Ah, summer....Flats of raspberries and boxes of fuzzy, juicy peaches from the Farmers' Market. Backyard water parks constructed of wading...


Father's Day
Happy Father's Day! This is my fifth Father's Day and every time that I look at my kids I feel extremely lucky to be a dad. I look...


Dress Rehearsal: My Cancer Story, Part 4
In the weeks between chemo ending and surgery scheduled (last June), I worried about All The Small Things. How would my clothes look? How...


A Vintage Eclectic Room for London
London's room update actually started before Quinn's, but because it involved a bigger commitment of time (hel-loooooo sewing), it took...


Quinn's Room Remix
There is nothing I enjoy more than decorating a child's room. During my pregnancy with the twins, "they may be born early" was a handy...