The last week of school in the Casa de Stie signals more than just the beginning of summer. It has come to mark what I have finally accepted...

Naples, Florida, baby. And it's been heaven in spite of the following: --1 trip to the ER for an ear infection. --1 frantic call to a ph...

Dear internet, Wish you were here. Love, Stie P.S. If you can correctly guess where "here" is, you will win a prize. Happy specul...

Some random thoughts before I dash off to take the middle child to the orthodontist (exciting life that I lead, yes): Right now, I am head-o...

Can anyone tell me what that bright, round, yellow thing in the sky is? Honestly. We have not seen the sun around here for a few weeks, and ...

One added bonus at the baptism this past weekend was the presence of both sets of parents (and one lovely cousin who braved a solo road trip...

This past weekend, my baby girl was baptized. My heart was so full. In the only quiet moment of the day, as I was helping her get dressed, ...

Remember the picture I posted last week of the Husband and I? Yes, that one. The one in which you were all so complimentary and I had a day...

I love it when they sometimes crawl into bed with me first thing in the morning, the smell of sleep still in their hair. They curl their wa...

A few days ago, McKay decided to decorate an old shirt with a description he thought fit himself perfectly. I think he summed it up quite ni...

I married a good man. A man who takes the trash out without being told. A man who plays games with our kids and sometimes lets them win. A...

Step one: Read this blog post and immediately pop over to Amazon to order this book . Wait a week for your book to arrive and find you ha...

Recently, I was contacted by a company who wanted to know if they could sponsor this website. It is not the first time I have been offered c...

Dear Hannah, Yesterday, my sweet baby girl, you turned eight. It's a strange thing to have your youngest hit such a milestone age. With...

I am a girl who always loses it the week before a haircut and trims her own bangs. I hate that about myself. I am afraid of dying and, as ...

Remember that old Seinfeld episode when Elaine has the arduous task of finding the perfect pair of socks for Mr. Pitt? And how she gets him ...

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Have you ever moved to a new house, excited about the possibilities? Dreaming of just how perfectly your furniture will fit in every partic...

Holy freakin' crap. I just wrote out the biggest check of my life. Was it to buy a new car? Or a new house? What about plastic surger...

Internets, it is time to introduce you to a new home for the little Stie. After much deliberation, I have decided to stop posting photos fro...

For Easter, I found these adorable little pots that came with seeds and soil, and got them for the kids. I thought the boys would likely ha...

[Gratuitous knobby-kneed Hannah shot for your symbolic title tie in viewing pleasure] As I not-so-subtly alluded to a few days ago, this wee...

This week has really kicked my rear end. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. I find myself with an empty house and it is taking all the s...

Let's just say you happened to get together with some friends last night, had a spectacular time, and ended up staying out until the wee...

A little something minutely related to yours truly popped up in this particular magazine this month: While your first guess will probably ta...

Since my baby decided it was okay to grow up without my permission, I figured it was only fitting to commemorate that with a little photo sh...