I was thrilled that my Auntie Nannie and my cousins decided travel my direction for their vacation this last week.  It's been years since anyone from my family besides my parents have visited me, and I just had a blast.  I had forgotten how funny my family can be.  At…

Yesterday I loaded up the kidlets and drove up to Lutsen, a ski resort on the North Shore.  Obviously we weren't skiing.  In fact, I simply don't ski.  Skiing would be bad news with my degree of uncoordination.  Instead, we took a gondola ride over to Moose Mountain to observe…