So our welcome mat was frozen solid in place (it was still solid ice this morning). We had really neat iceicles form on the Christmas lights we still have not managed to take down. Our super cool archway up front has come apart and bowed thanks to the layers of ice on everything. The thickest [...]

School day number two for Casey John. His teacher said he did great, yet the second he walked onto the porch and saw us he began to cry. As he walked down the stairs his teacher let us know he was upset because he apparently lost his cocoa puffs. Actually, he hadn’t finished them at [...]

(Earf means Earth) Yep, that’s me and here is why. For Christmas Casey got me a new 2gb MP3 player (translation for non-techy folks - it will hold lots and lots of music and even pictures) so I took the older one I had and put all the boys favorite music on it. I put [...]

Today is Casey John’s first day of school (half day) and I am pretty sure I am more nervous than he is. He see-sawed back and forth about being excited and nervous. He is just so “to himself” sometimes we were unsure of how he would do. We waited with Zach and he gave me [...]

Just a quick note from me: I have many stories to write and share but find myself pretty busy these days. Most of the time I think I could fill this page up but by the time I sit down to write I have forgotten what I inteded to write or do not have enough [...]

Happy New Year? By the time I get used to writing 2006 2007 it’ll be time for 2008. We had an absolutely wonderful New Year’s celebration at the house with a bunch of friends and family. We had a fire pit with the chairs to keep everyone warm, a super big fireworks show, and a [...]