If there’s one thing about the sandy beach that gets me riled up, its the stupidity of litterbugs.  After the nasty group of rude teenagers next to us left, ( I love teenagers, really, I do, but these were just incredibly frustrating . . . nasty language, terrible manners, and…

Our small scuba diver has been waiting and waiting to take his scuba gear to the sandy beach.  The weather this week was warm and a little muggy, so a late afternoon trip to the cool beach sounded like a relaxing way to have some family time.  It was.  The…

We took my favorite redheaded kid to the goose pond when she was visiting last weekend.  Oh, how I Do love those geese, so much that I can easily overlook the goose manure mess that surrounds the pond.  It was a bit buggy . . . the population of mosquitos…

< Our fantastic North Dakota friends came for a visit over the weekend to run in Grandma's Marathon. Actually, they ran in the half marathon.  They left their twin boys with relatives, but brought along one of my favorite redheads in the world.  After going on a sweaty morning hike…

These are the rugs from the front entryway into my house.  They are drying on the front steps this evening because Mr. Sneaky Pants has been sneaky again.  While I was in the backyard playing calmly with his sweet baby sister, he walked around to the front of the house…

Here are some things I am currently fully enjoying. 1.  The back of The Banana's head is springing with cute little curls.  I remember when Sarah's hair did this, and I know the curls will most likely leave, so I am taking great care to love them every day. 2.…

After a quick trip to a few garage sales last Saturday, we zipped down to the beach.  Well, more accurately, we slowly drove at a turtle's pace down to the beach because the neighborhood near the sand beach was having their annual garage sale, which meant that the street was…

After a long and luxurious afternoon nap for the whole family, this Father's Day, Dr. Peds dismantled the training wheels off of Sarah's bike (after two summers of being terrified of her bike, she has grown very brave with it this spring) and installed a handle over the back tire…

This is my ultra messy bike rider. His face is smeared with disgusting ketchup (because that amazing Auntie Dot cannot help but to indulge his love of red goop). He's ready to embark on a swooping run down the asphalt driveway at Grandma's house. This is my ultra messy boy…

This is one of my favorite images of my sister-in-law Amy. I acutally have two sisters-in-law named Amy, so my kids refer to this Auntie Amy as “Texas Auntie Amy.” This is a friend of the family. He just looked at me at exactly the right second. This is my…