Tad’s birthday was on Friday, but the partying began on Thursday.  We decided that Tad was finally mature enough to have his own kid party, and I knew the best place to have a kid party for him would be Pump It Up.

There are two major events that happened on this day. First, is the one that happened 11 years ago today: I always seem to put this picture up every year.  I’ve really got to get a different one scanned. Second, is the event that happened five years later, six years ago today: It’s hard to […]

Dear Tad, I can’t even begin to describe what a life-changing year this has been for you. You were formally diagnosed with autism a little over a year ago, and you have been in ABA therapy and speech therapy consistently ever since.  You entered the CLC program at school last fall, and have now finished […]

We have made a couple of decisions around here. First, we’re not going to move anytime soon.  Neither the Webmaster or I like the look of the economy, or what the value of our house currently is.  It’s a buyer’s market out there, with great bargains to be had, but we had struck a deal […]