We made quite the weekend out of it! On Saturday, we had as many family as we could outside in our backyard for a Father’s Day barbecue!  This meant Grandma and Gichan, Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa, Ressis and Oddball and their kids, and Auntie and JW.  We haven’t all been together in the same place since…. […]

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and while we are slogging through the last days of school, it’s nice to look back on happy moments when we could gather together without major worries about spreading viruses… Here was the Webmaster on Father’s Day 2013, with Ane and baby Thumper: And here they all were […]

No ceremonies, no concerts, no baseball games, and no sunshine. Just lots of rain and social distancing. Last year, Ane and I went to our local cemetery’s Memorial Day service and I found it to be so much more satisfying than the one at the big cemetery (though I am drawn to the big one […]

Ane not going out to babysit every Friday means that she’s home to babysit her brothers.  Which means that Friday evening is date night for me and the Webmaster. I mean, it’s not like WE can actually go sit down anywhere and eat.  We’ve been getting takeout from whichever of our favorite local restaurants are […]