Tiff's Turn

Hi. Remember me? I haven't written a blog in over a month! In my last summer post , I mentioned that once fall begins, we will be swamped with activities, and that couldn't be any more accurate. I'm so tired in the evening, all I can handle is getting in bed and doing some light reading before sleep time. So what's new? 1. This weekend, I was supposed to be in St. Augustine, Florida to meet my group of moms who also had triplets last year. Obviously, our trip was canceled due to Hurricane Matthew . I don't think anyone can understand the kind of sadness I had not being able to leave. (Well, except the other triplet moms!) Good news is though, we are planning on going in a couple of weeks. We were lucky enough to have been able to find another beach house rental since our original place has major damage. I'm excited, so I want to start packing. Beckett doesn't believe I should, though. 2. Our family has joined the YMCA and we love it. The...

Good morning, folks. It's been a while since Gilmore Party of Seven has taken a real vacation. The last time we journeyed out beyond Missouri was June of 2014, right before we got pregnant with the triplets. We went to Mexico -just the two of us - and also to the Niobrara Rive r as a family for a family reunion. We decided to pony-up and head out for a weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. A weekend trip was just the right amount of time for a get-away with several kids under the age of one plus two. FRIDAY We tried to keep thei kids up past their regularly scheduled nap time so they would sleep a whole bunch on the three and a half hour car ride. It kind of worked. We also have plenty of DVDs for the kiddos to watch. Rear-facing, however, is the safest for toddlers. Therefor, we got creative and put an iPad in a DVD holder for the car so the triplets could watch a movie too. Once we hit Nebraska City, it was just about dinner time. We stopped to stretch and feed ev...

Hi there.                                             Sad news around here this week: Levi's paternal grandfather passed . About three weeks ago had been diagnosed with  multiple myeloma , a cancer of the plasma. This cancer makes holes in your bones and a calcium build up in urine, which causes the kidneys to shut down. Like all cancers, it totally sucks. This picture is not how we will remember Grandpa, but we were fortunate enough to have been able to say goodbye to him before he went home. The funeral was a beautiful service with people telling stories about Grandpa, all of which were about what a prankster he was and how kind, outgoing and and full of life he chose to be. Not only that, but Grandpa's faith grew stronger the older he grew. So much that...