We try and throw Tad’s “friend party” on his actual birthday, because it means so much to him.  Plus, it’s summer, so we don’t have to work around school, even though that makes it harder to throw a party and invite school friends.  Tad gets the option of what kind of party to have each […]

Dear Tad, I have been hearing and talking about your ninth birthday for a few weeks now, and it blows me away to think that you are really, truly, nine years old today.  So much has happened in just one year. And I know you hate change.  You crave the stability and predictability of your […]

It’s official – the Webmaster and I have been married for 14 years today!  I posted a picture of us on our wedding day last year, and things have been so crazy lately that I don’t have a picture of us together from the last few days.  But here is one of my favorites from […]

This last weekend was the annual Loggers’ Jubilee weekend in the Webmaster’s hometown.  We drove down Friday afternoon so that the Webmaster could take Ane to see the lawnmower races – yes, you read that right – that evening.  I stayed with the boys at Nana and Papa’s house and let them stretch their legs […]