bocce

if only life were this great all the time. we learned this weekend that life is fragile. one of our friends has alzheimers. how can that be? the memories that we have will be with us forever, but for them? it just doesn’t seem fair. my heart is heavy. we take so...

maddie

another oldie from the date that maddie and i had together. i miss hanging out with the girls. especially heath. i’m looking forward to going on vacation and spending a lot of time with all of them. work is good, but vacation is so much better. i don’t...

yep. that close.

really good weekend. busy, but great. on friday i took a half day and went to maddie’s singing performance with kenzie. we then ate lunch with all the other parents and played on the playground. we then went home and took naps. well, they did at least. then at...

pain

i hurt my neck playing soccer today. i can only turn it one way. it even hurts to type. question of the day: advil, tylenol or aleeve?

weekend paint session

was planning on renting the sprayer for the weekend, but plans change. i went to frazee on saturday to pick up a couple more gallons of paint when my plans promptly made a 90 degree turn. the manager came out and told me that using a rented sprayer to paint some bunk...

artist

i have found that our kids love salsa. i’m not sure why. i kinda hate it. tonight we were at little alex’s and maddie has to have her own bowl of salsa for her chips. now so does kenz. she was actually dipping her chips into the “hot” salsa. we...

what i love

i love carrying my girls to the car at night. when you take them out of their warm bed/crib and take them out into the night air they tense up and tuck in their arms and feet. they beg to be held tightly. i then hold them tightly. that is what i love. question of the...

sweet cakes

i love sweets. i could eat them all day long. on the other hand i need to lose weight. so there you have it. dilemma of the day/week/year. question of the day: cup cake or muffin?

snacks

kids were crazy today. not sure why, but when i got home it looked like heather needed a stiff drink. but we did venture out to petco tonight to pick up our second aquarium. heather is going to try to turn some tadpoles into frogs. should be interesting. george just...

bd number 2

we celebrated bd number 2 today with the lawlers and a whole lotta little kids and their parents. the lawlers were generous and brought out the bounce house. lots of bonked heads and bruised lips but everyone faired well. i also got to swing the sticks today, courtesy...