…a long way, baby!  Happy 11th Birthday, Kendrie!!

Normally, when we got to the lake to wake board and knee board and ski and tube, that’s what we do.  Sometimes well, and sometimes not so well, but we do them and have fun.  But this past weekend, clearly, we were multi-taskers to the nth degree.  Just look at all the things we managed [...]

Ya’ll.  Seriously.  All I can say is, thank goodness this most recent pregnancy didn’t cause any permanent damage to my bladder, because the following image(s) almost made me WET MYSELF today, I was laughing so hard.  And while that might not be the kindest thing a mother has ever said about her own child, let [...]

OK, well, technically, it was a Thursday.  And it wasn’t night-time, since the 7th and 8th graders normally play their games after school.  So no lights, because at 4 in the afternoon, the sun is still shining nicely.   Um, shouldn’t there be some other boys lined up with him here?  Maybe on either side of [...]

Ok, I don’t normally like to be all Braggy McBraggypants about my kids and the wonderful things they do because quite frankly, its much more fun to tell you about their faults and fallacies and to make fun of the way they butcher the English language on a regular basis.  What is the point of [...]

As always, the first-day-of-school surveys yielded some interesting information from each of my children.  I do miss the days when they answered simpler questions, such as “How tall is Dad?” with “55″ and “How old is Mom?”  Also “55″.  As they get older, their answers aren’t as silly or as funny, but I still love [...]

As suspected, our first day of school traditional photos were a complete bust.  Kellen had to leave the house at 6:45 am, and it wasn’t even light enough yet to take his photos.  Since Blaine drove him to the football stadium for before-school-practice (which today, apparently involved getting the team photo taken and then sitting [...]

We have a few back to school traditions, like forcing encouraging my kids to take photos with Blaine every year on the first day, and forcing encouraging them to answer the surveys I give them each year.  One of my favorite traditions, though, is our annual Night-Before-The-First-Day-of-School-Dinner at a local Japanese steakhouse. When we lived in [...]

Since school starts here in just a little over 36 hours, I thought I would reflect on our summer and all the fun things we did ……. Yep, lots and lots of fun things …. I’m just sure ……. Ummmm……….. {{crickets chirping}} OK, so apparently sitting around, listening to me kvetch about my heartburn and [...]

Our pantry is one spot in our house with no air vent and I am very sad to report that apparently it was so hot yesterday that my Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies melted and stuck together.  (not that it will stop me from eating them, but still ….) PS.  and yes, those of you who [...]