Right after the New Year, we had a pretty bitter cold snap around here, which is why the snow stayed on the ground for so long.  There wasn’t as much snow in Seattle proper, though.  So right before school started back up, I decided to take the kids to the zoo.  It happened to be […]

There was a party at our house this last Saturday.  Take Ane, add 8 (yes, you read that right, EIGHT) other girls, add pizza bagels and cupcakes and a movie, shake and voila! – it’s a party! The girls involved were Ane’s friends from school and church, and Libby, who is sort of a psuedo-cousin. […]

My “baby” sister, my kids’ beloved Auntie, turns 18 tomorrow. I was in the hospital room when she was born, and now she is going to be a legal adult. She was the flower girl at my wedding… and she was seven when that happened.  And Ane is now seven. She is so loved, and […]

So, it snowed around here between Ane’s birthday and New Year’s Eve.  And this snow stuck around for quite a while, especially where we live – the magical Snohomish County convergence zone, for those of you with an idea of the geography of the Puget Sound area.  Ane and Tad got snow pants from Nana […]