Super Rachel Zana's Spot

The other kidlets were off doing something special with Dr. Peds tonight, so The Banana and I decided to run to Target and the grocery store to take care of some necessary shopping.  She was so happy to stroll around Target and point out things that were of interest to…

We shared some of our favorite local places with our visiting friends during the first part of the week.  We visited the rocky beach, where all six kids squealed and ran around like crazy climbing the dark grey, sunwarmed boulders and had a fantastic time playing in the burbling waves…

We’ve been busy playing tourist in our own town with our North Dakota friends, who were here vacationing for the past four days or so.  I have lots to share, but for now, I’ll just leave you with   my favorite photograph of each of our friends during the past…

One of Mr. Sneaky Pants’ favorite activities lately has been playing baseball with Dad outside. It just makes me giggle how he has to stick his tongue out whenever he’s concentrating hard, just like Grandpa Ron.

Number One I started the day by jumping out of bed, into the shower, and zipping off to the other end of town for a quick dentist appointment.  I just needed to have my teeth cleaned, and an hour later I exited the dentist’s office with sparkling, smooth teeth, but…

These are actually from last week.  I just realized I forgot to share it.  The Banana was busy loving Daddy, who was freshly home from work.  

The Banana and I have been enjoying some special just-the-two-of-us time this weekend while the others are visiting cousins at Grandma Kathy and Papa Richard’s lake cabin.  While this notion sounds calm and peaceful, it has actually been frought with lots of temper tantrums and unhappiness due to the impending…

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…