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 [...]
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 [...]
Brayden and I were sitting around yesterday afternoon (last night? Who knows? Summer vacation …. its all a blur ….) and as she was flipping channels on the tv we ran across Jaws 3. For whatever reason (perhaps because we’ve seen every single solitary episode of iCarly and Suite Life and True Jackson and Drake [...]
**Naturally**, when the bad weather blew through here this evening, with high winds and thunderstorm warnings and the tornado sirens eventually going off, I was not at home. In fact, the two oldest were here by themselves. Not only was I *not* at home, but I was in a location that didn’t have cell service, [...]
You know what I was saying yesterday, about how I’ve got this new project and I’m having trouble juggling my schedule and getting it all done? Well, strike that! I was a test monitor at the school yesterday (oh, state-mandated tests, how we all love you so …..) and I was there for almost five hours, so, [...]
Birthdays are fun. Even belated ones. They are more fun with friends. They are the most fun when violent athletics are not only included, but encouraged. Because really, show me a world where 12 yr old boys (and even one 40 year old man) don’t enjoy whacking each other with dodgeballs. Then we move on to [...]
and not one of them was an April Fools jokes, which makes it a bit worse. The wind has blown here for the past four days, without ceasing, at about 183 billion miles per hour. I’m not exaggerating. Not one tiny bit. Animals and small children have been blown away from their families. We watched a soccer game [...]
A few weeks ago, my mom, Kellen and I attended a local concert, celebrating our school’s 100 year anniversary. Performers were all school students, or alumni of the school, and I think there were over 200 people in the various choirs and band that took turns performing. It was held in our church and was [...]
Thanks so much, truly, for the personal stories and suggestions regarding kids and banking accounts. I think this upcoming Spring Break, when we have some spare time on our hands, we’ll all mosey on over to the local bank (yes, the one that gives out warm Otis Spunkmeyer cookies on Fridays, I’m not stupid) and [...]