First day back to school. I cannot believe I have THREE in high school this year and my youngest in middle school. All four are at the same school once again (it's a middle/high combo) and I love it. The boys had their first football game Friday night and Karis is decked out in her cheer skirt with India rocking her ASB shirt. Quite a difference from last year where the first day was on zoom from home. (My kids did most of last year online, until I got the vaccine in the spring and they went . . .

    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) Happy complicated feelings about our country day! Co-parenting hack: sign up for family camp and swap out mid-week. Pro tip: go for the second part so your ex is the one who has to deal with them detoxing from their phones. Sorry not sorry @markhowerton Lake launch! Forever finding new ways to potentially . . .

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) Someone grabbed some “sunscreen” on the way out the door and applied it and fell asleep on the beach in the hot sun and is in a world of pain for the next couple of days. 😬 Yes, she chose to wear a power suit and heels to her elementary school graduation. And yes, she decided to play on the swingset one last time before we . . .

Multiple-mimosa brunch with some of my favorites. Missed opportunity that none of us made a peace sign. I blame the mimosas. Our rental car got canceled for our whole trip (thanks @hertz!). We’ll make the best of it, we said. We’ll walk, we said! Cut to us getting caught in a massive thunderstorm 20 minutes from where we’re staying. We are now drowned rats with no car. First post-pandemic vacation without the kids is going great, thanks for asking! Doing another @homeexchangecom this . . .

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kristen Howerton (@kristenhowerton) Today’s remote school location is *chef’s kiss* Getting our zen on in Muir Woods We are doing remote school and work this week via HomeExchange - we are . . .

Touristing When you bought the citypass but they just want to skate under a bridge ... With three in high school next year I guess college tours are a part of our travel plans now. We tour City College SF and Berkeley today. They are both a ways outside of my “two hour radius from home” rule for college but I’m starting to get the feeling they are going to ignore me on that one. A mom can try ... It's launch day for my dear friend @jenhatmaker’s book Simple and Free. This book was . . .