History

  • September 11: 20 Years Later

    It’s been 20 years. Twenty years since I dropped my oldest daughter off for school and drove home with our other three little ones. Twenty years since I heard the breaking news of a plane flying into Tower one of… Continue reading

  • Hiking Providence Canyon State Park

    I often hear people complain how hard it is to lose weight. Let me tell you, losing 100 pounds was easy! What’s actually hard is maintaining weight loss and not slipping back into ages old habits! It’s so easy to… Continue reading

  • Photo Journal: Traveling Missouri’s Route 66

    “Will Rogers Highway”, “Main Street America”, “the Mother Road”, …. No matter what you call it, historic Route 66 has etched itself in history and Americans for generations now. Movies like Thelma & Louise, The Grapes of Wrath, Easy Rider,… Continue reading

  • Get Your Foodie Fix on Route 66

    Happy Foodie Friday y’all! A few weeks back as we traveled out to Missouri to see Bradley, we left plenty of time in our schedule for dawdling and meandering the back roads. Now traveling through the Ozark Mountains was beautiful,… Continue reading