This post is part 1 of 5 in the series How I Met Your Father. 24. 7. I met your father because of those two numbers. It was 2001, in Quincy, Illinois. Your father was a very talented athlete. He could jump high...
“Are you planning all of these holiday dates for us?!” That was my husband thinking I was actually making a holiday date calendar for us. Unfortunately for him I was designing the calendar for this post. As the holidays...
We live in a great city, full of romance and possibility--there's no excuse to be going on the same old date week after week or month after month. This is the Valentine's edition, because there is at least one heart-shaped...
When was the last time you went on a date with your partner? Having kids undoubtedly changes a relationship, often overshadowing the importance of spending time connecting with your partner. Relationship experts emphasize how dates make a relationship thrive,...
It's Valentine's Day!!  WHOOO HOOOO! It's time to celebrate you and your lover!  Some people boo over V-day and call it a Hallmark holiday...but ladies...it usually entails a nice dinner out or some other goodie from your man...so, let's celebrate! I...
I love relationship origin stories, but ours tops them all. Because it’s ours. Because it reminds me of how we got to where we are. Of who we were before the 10 years of marriage and three children and...
This post is part 5 of 5 in the series How I Met Your Father.  When I started chiropractic school, one of the many pieces of advice your grandparents gave me was to wait until I was done with school to...
  Who knew one click of a mouse could change the trajectory of your life? A late-night whim of courage turned into a marriage with 4 kids five and half years later. Follow along on our journey to finding love...
My husband doesn’t buy me flowers, and I don’t want them anyway. He loves me, he loves me not... oh, how he loves me. The kind of love he delivers me isn’t a 1-800-FLOWERS type of thing. He sacrifices for me daily...
Marriage has been a topic heavy on my mind of late, mostly, I suppose, because I've been hearing a lot of marriage-related teachings. It’s funny how things you apparently need to hear have a way of coming up all over the...

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Summer Programs at The Little White Schoolhouse

  Keep your kids engaged with learning during the summer with Jump Start at The Little White Schoolhouse in Ankeny, Iowa. It is designed to...