Hi!  How is everyone doing? Well, I’m still here, but it was a heck of a weekend. Thursday night, a powerful windstorm swept through the area.  We lost power shortly before 11 pm.  Unfortunately, the kids weren’t asleep yet (except for Thumper) because they were too keyed up with swimming lessons and the windy weather. […]

Rerun got an extra play time at school last week.  The preschool is always closed on Wednesdays, which turned a 4 day weekend into a 5 day weekend for him.  The staff decided to open up the playground and invite the students to come play.  And little siblings, too. Since both my little boys love […]

The school district decided to make a four day weekend out of the Veterans Day holiday, which means that we had a very rare, odd Monday when everything was open and time to spend. And the best part?  The sun was out. Though little eyes always look at the camera better if the sun isn’t […]

Our church is hosting and selling a pumpkin patch this year, and this last Saturday was their “carving” day – you pick it out, and you can carve it there. The weather had been tempermentally stormy, but when I snapped this picture, the blue sky was trying to peek through, and we picked out pumpkins […]