Author: metime

Those were the (highly questionable) days, kids. Back then, family road trips meant stuffed-full station wagons and playing the license plate game on long, empty stretches of highway. If you got bored, you had two options: 1) Stare out the window, or 2) Sleep. Good times. Today, family road trips have gotten way easier. Cup […]

My husband celebrated a birthday near the beginning of the month, that somehow, as Howerton birthday often do, extended into a week of revelry.  On his actual birthday, we celebrated at a local restaurant with Mark’s parents. Mark shares a birthday with his dad, and his sister-in-law, and my nephew. Big day in our family. […]

I am not here for Kale apologists and I don’t believe in your ministry. You know the people who just insist that you haven’t found someone to cook it right. Is this leaf a magic kettle that you gotta rub perfect so the genie (and good taste) can pop out? That’s too much work! Do […]

What I Want You To Know About Why I Joined The Military 2014-08-27T06:00:00-07:00 Kristen Howerton what I want you to know|

Mark Zuckerberg didn’t finish college. Neither did Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. But chances are, someone at my local Starbucks DID finish college…and now she’s putting her degree to work making lattes. I didn’t go to college to learn how to be a blogger, because blogging didn’t exist in those days. I have a degree […]

What I Want You To Know About Being A Safe Family 2014-08-25T06:00:00-07:00 Kristen Howerton what I want you to know|

That’s a question Mark and I are always asking ourselves. About the news. About our neighborhood or neighbors. About family situations. About certain questions we have about faith. We value honesty with each other and are trying to teach our kids that honesty is always the best choice. We want to be the kind of […]

This guest post is by Wesley Hall. It is a repost from last year because I think it bears repeating in light of current events. Man, I’m just glad I had a mom who gave me the realness from a young age. I can remember thinking she was so stuck in the past for telling me that […]

I want you to know that trying to decide whether or not you should leave your husband is not easy. It is the hardest decision you will ever make.

And the peanut butter nom-noms were gone before I even had a chance to photograph them. 

I remember trading lunches with other kids back when I was in school. But with teachers and cafeteria monitors walking around and a much greater sensitivity to allergies and dietary needs, those days are gone. Which I am totally cool with, by the way. Because, seriously, I don’t know who made that kid’s lunch, and […]