Life of the Lorenzens

One thing I forgot to include in Emily's monthly update is her current wacky sense of time. She's going to have a very busy day tom...

Since we didn't make it down to Waukee on Christmas Eve due to the weather, Austin's parents made the trip up to Waverly to deliver...

Tonight we attended the Ulven's annual "It's Midnight Somewhere" family New Year's Eve party. It's a fun time wi...

Emily really enjoyed doing a Jesse tree for Advent and still asks if we can put something else on it. She also enjoyed playing with her Lit...

Emily has sure grown up a lot over the last month! The biggest milestone, of course, has been potty-training. With the exception of a few ...

Back at home meant back to work on the house. Austin spent part of two days tearing up the old tile and sub-floor in the foyer. What a mes...

While we escaped the epic snowstorm with a lot of rain and just a couple inches of light snow, my parents bore the brunt of the storm in NW ...

A fter the snowstorm blew through we packed up and headed to my family in Hull on Sunday morning. The roads still weren't great, so it...

After the excitement of opening gifts it was back to painting. Austin put a second coat on the half bath and we both worked on the foyer/st...

It was fun to spend Christmas morning at home, too. Emily was up at 6:30am, but not because she knew there were presents. Those didn't...