family | Five O'clock AM

A Burnt Sandwich, But in Black & White, So It Has to be Romantic

I spent a lovely evening with my sister and brother-in-law and their 2 chunky monkeys. Little A, the baby, with her rolls of baby fat...

A Visit With Grandma

My parents and I went to see Grandma last weekend. One part of the day included walking around her property, and the memories from all...

Sun, Summer, South Carolina

Circus is over now. I felt like Jell-O all day on Sunday, the day after it all ended. Helping out was certainly fun, though. I want to...

Big Family & Bunny

Most of today was spent where I love best to be: surrounded by family. I grew up in a big, loud, happy family. I'm the third oldest of...

An Extended Christmas

Christmas is still going on in Wisconsin. Kara and I came to visit my sister, brother-in-law, nad their children. We had to stop at the...

Pie & Ice Cream For Lunch

Some days, I'd like to crawl back into bed and restart the day on a different note. That was today. I'm not going to use this post to...

Campfire-ing With Cousins

My sister, her husband, and their three children came late last night for a stay at our house for the next few nights during some family...

Sometimes We Get It Right

I've been too lax in writing this week. I'm not sitting on my thumbs, though. Who has time for that? Every once in awhile in parenting,...

Chicks and Weekend Bits

It's been an eventful weekend, and I didn't write. Messed up on the daily goal of writing, but I'm back at it today. On Sunday, we had a...

We Need Joy... And Ding Dongs

Today started off with a melancholy tone when the kids told me that nobody is allowed to play in the snow at school--and this is...

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