i'm going to make it (after all)

By this late morning hour, most people have heard about the shooting during the midnight premiere showing of The Dark Knight Rises  in Auror...

Within the past month, I received two important letters in the mail.   The first was a letter from my insurance company.  It stated tha...

Joanna Banana is 8 months old today. She's modeling an adorable little dress that I found at a garage sale for just...

It's been way too long since I've taken the time to create and post a toddler activity on my blog.  It's time to catch bac...

For the Fourth, I made homemade popsicles for the kiddos.  I layered pureed blueberries, Greek yogurt (that I sw...

Happy Fourth of July from Oliver and Joanna!  This is Joanna's first Independence Day, and I'm sorry to say that i...

Oliver and I worked hard and made some amazing cakes, but the winner of the Southwest Airlines cake competition went to another airplane ...

Andrew and I spent nearly a week taking a road trip to Des Moines with the kids.  My parents went with, in their car, and we got to visit...

Oliver enjoys watching anything "automatic" at work.  He likes the buttons available for people in wheel chairs to open doors at c...