Well, how was everyone’s holiday weekend?  Ours went surprisingly well. The good weather meant that we could have everything outside, which was the plan… in order to show off and use our new outdoor projector and screen! The setup is still a work in progress, but this is just such a fun thing to have.  […]

The game was good.  The commercials were mostly good.  The halftime show was boring. But the credit for the best commentary on the halftime show for the Super Bowl this year goes to Rupert, who is now 11 (I can hardly believe THAT), and, as we watched J-Lo swing her way around a pole, asked, […]

Before we went back to school, we got to celebrate Danny’s 17th (!!!!! really!!!!) birthday at the pool! As you might guess, this party is always a hit with my kids. Tad got to chill in the hot tub, Rerun tried out the giant slide solo for the first time, and Thumper went down the […]

Believe it or not, it really has been 16 years that we have been posing our kid (and later, kids) with Friend and Doc’s boys in front of a Christmas tree to celebrate together.  We’re now at the point where the kids just know this picture is going to happen, so there’s no arguing about […]