Martin Family Moments

Phil created a daily summer to-do list for the youngest kids, which has been working surprisingly well, so I wanted to share.  These are merely suggestions, but the main point is for each kid to do something spiritual, educational, physical and a chore that helps the family/house run smoothly.  
We let them have their beloved screen time in the late afte...

Growing up on Cape Cod, we always said that summer was over once July 4th came and went.
Depressing? Yes.  Accurate? Also yes.
  It just feels like a blink of an eye to go from July 4th to school starting back up, and yet I want to make the most of these days!  
My coworker and frequent customer to the Cottage dropped off a bowl of patriotic c...

Happy Friday Monday - darn this holiday weekend really got away from me!
But let's rewind to last week, when Andrew's friends - Smiles, his soon to be wife Colette, and Mahoney came to stay for the weekend.  My brother was gracious enough to take them out on his boat to swim at a little island which, according to my little boys, had thousands of tiny crabs.  Th...