I am all for the 15 mile rule……your children should never live more than 15 miles from you. Or is it 15 minutes? OK…so I could live with and hour. Cara left today for Cincinnati. I miss her.

Saturday…..and the nest is empty….Cara and Danae drove to the Chicago area yesterday with the two little ones in tow. They had an easy trip, the kids were great for them. Nate worked most of the day today and is now caring for a friends dogs while they are out of town.The weather is incredibly … Read More

This is the yummy pasta we had for dinner last night! 

Kale fell asleep on the living room floor last night! Jersti and Kale this morning. Kale is wearing his handy carpenter’s belt to hold all his matchbox cars. 

Jersti and Kale having fun at Aunt Cheri and Uncle Kirk’s house on Monday. 

Cara was a personal attendant at her friend Josie Bisset’s wedding last weekend 

Cara with her cousins….The girls are Bailey, Mackenzie and MollyThe two boys are my cousins sons.

Cara spends a week with an American Idol !David Radford was a counselor in training at the same camp that Cara was a counselor and nurse in training at last week. You go girl!

12:26 a.m. and I’m still awake???I’m actually waiting for the monkey bread (a.k.a. pull-apart bread) to cool off so I can have a small nibble.Yesterday (Friday) Danae returned from camp in Wisconsin and Cara returned from IL with Jersti and Kale (my niece and nephew) who are here until Friday when Cara drives back to … Read More

Kale (Maddie) and Jersti when they arrived on Friday evening.