Daniel and I started dating a few months after my fifteenth birthday during the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school He is very much my high school sweetheart. I married him when I was eighteen, just a few short months after I graduated from high school. In the course of our… Read More How We Keep the Romance Alive as Parents of Five
I did it! This past Wednesday I took my comprehensive exams to finish up my master’s degree! I was nervous about failing them but I passed all three of them! Tuesday night I will give a twenty minute presentation over a paper I wrote and I will take one more final test on Wednesday night… Read More I Did It! I Survived Graduate School!
Wow! It has been almost a month since I have posted a blog entry. This past month has just been crazy and busy, but good! World Traveler My last blog post was on March 15 and I boarded a plane early the next morning to head to Italy! I had so much fun in Italy!… Read More Hello April!
Starting Out Rough I had really high hopes that March would be a bit easier on us than January and February. However, that is not proving to be true so far. Just four days into March and we have sick kids…again. Poor Lauren has had a headache and congestion all week. I’m pretty sure that… Read More March Madness
Our youngest set of twins (babies number 4 and 5!) turned six months old this past Saturday! The past six months have flown by. They are growing so quickly and it breaks my momma heart a little bit. I am just not ready for these babies to grow up so fast! I have reached the… Read More Best Baby Products for the First Six Months
It’s the last weekend in February. I wanted to give a little February Recap and let everyone know what we’ve been up to this month! Bye, Bye Illness Our February wasn’t totally illness free but it was so much better than January. The first two weeks of February saw the babies still recovering with the… Read More February Recap
This book review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on November 20, 2014. Judd Foxman’s wife is sleeping with his boss and his dad just died. Judd, stressed and beaten down, returns to his childhood home to mourn his father with his two brothers, his sister, and mother. The siblings are shocked to… Read More This Is Where I Leave You
This book review was originally published on The Wordy Nerd Books on September 5, 2014. Ed Kennedy is an underage cab driver who doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. He is in love with his best friend, Audrey, but she doesn’t seem to feel the same way. His mother can’t stand him and… Read More I Am The Messenger
I had planned to blog so much more in January but life hit hard. And not in a good way. I hope to remedy that in February but I’ll be honest, February isn’t starting off on the best foot. Here’s an update on the things going on in our household and what January looked like… Read More January Recap: What We’ve Been Up To
Welcome to The French Lemon! Hi! I’m Chelsea! I’m a mother of five, including two sets of twins! My children range in age from nine years old to four months old. I work full time and I am currently pursuing a graduate degree as well. I love to read, write, bake, craft, and travel. Our… Read More Welcome!