by Leslie Sholly | Jun 7, 2019 | Catholicism, family, Knoxville, teenagers, Vacations
Remember last summer, when I treated my kids to near-daily adventures from the first day of break to the last? I sure do, both because it was fun and because it seems like it happened a few weeks ago instead of a year ago. But if you think I am getting ready to tell...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 12, 2019 | family, Knoxville, linkups, photoblogging
I love taking pictures, and I love this self-indulgent exercise of sharing my best photos of 2018. Or maybe not the best, but the most representative–it kind of depends on the month, really. JANUARY: A bonfire in our backyard–this one was for the burning...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2018 | books, Catholicism, death, family, Graveyards, Knoxville
Remember summer? It seems so long ago! Not the hot part–that lasted well into October here–but the not-being-in-school-and-having-daily-adventures part, which ended for us in early August. We’ve had adventures since then, if not so many; what I lack...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 9, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations
School started yesterday. Our summer is over even though there is a month and a half left in the season! There wasn’t a whole lot of time for fun in our last week. It was actually a pretty typical week from one of our other summers–I worked every day and...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 4, 2018 | Knoxville, Parenting, teenagers
It was the second to last full week of summer break, and my pace was slowing, but we still had some fun times! On Tuesday we had breakfast at Nick and J’s, a former Waffle House now locally owned and serving breakfast and lunch, with the most enormous pancakes I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 28, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations, Walking in Knoxville
Last week I fell far short of my promised one-fun-thing-per-day promise. I had a good excuse, though–I went to Nashville from Wednesday until Saturday to visit my sister. Emily kindly provided some entertainment for her siblings in my stead, taking them...