Our children are a gift. We’ve always believed that. (even in the difficult times). Children seem to bring out the best in a person — and occasionally– the worst. (We’ve experienced both those extremes in our family). Last night we took a “surprise party” to Danae’s house. She didn’t know we were coming – or … Read More
A New Era !
Happy Birthday Baby Girl! …always the charmer – and lover of the shades! and now . . . …our baby girl is ushering us out of the teen years! Happy 20th Birthday Danae Joy!
Baby Girl Visit
Today I got an instant message from our baby girl. It went something like this: Baby girl: You remember that I’m coming home this evening right? Me: Yeah, now I do. Baby girl: Yeah, I’m getting my hair done. Me: What time? Baby girl: 6:00. I thought maybe we could get appetizers or dinner or … Read More
A Windy City
This afternoon Cara called from Cincy. She was outside – and it sounded like she was in the middle of Hurricane Ike! Today Cincinnati has experienced their own mini-hurricane (like a category 1). Over 500,000 people are without power. Including Cara. They say it might be 3-4 days before the power is back on! Here’s … Read More
So Far Away
An old Carole King song has been playing in my mind all day today. There’s a reason for that. All three of my kids are away. All exactly where they should be at this time in their life. But it doesn’t always make it easy for us, and today was one of those difficult days. … Read More
Do you watch the TV show Heroes? I never have, but the men in our home watch it. And like it. Which tells me it is a “manshow” – and something I probably wouldn’t be interested in. Sometimes the men in this house hunker down in the “man room” with their popcorn and watch movies and … Read More
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic today. Probably has everything to do with being home and all my babies not home. As I was looking through pictures tonight I came across this one. I have vivid memories of our kids swinging on this tree swing when they were little. The kids love this place. The Cabinhaus. … Read More
Does this picture mean anything to you? It does to me. Somehow it happened to us today. Inspite of all the planning, packing, loading vehicles, the drive to Winona . . . Arriving at the dorm (Nate) and apartment (Danae) . . . and the unloading – and setting up — I was still, somehow, … Read More
Sometimes I have absolutely nothing to post on the blog. Sometimes I get an idea at the last minute. Today happens to be a good day – but a bit disjointed. I hope you don’t mind! Thursday: Nate took this during a downpour. We see it whenever it rains – but we still get a … Read More