In our on going quest for summer entertainment, the kids and I painted, sewed and assembled a make-shift puppet theatre.  That’s right, how many uses can we get out of our dishwasher box before it goes to be with the recycling…permanently?  It already served as a playhouse for about a week and a half.  During [...]

Yes, Will took these pictures.  Yes, those are my feet…I’m well aware they look like Vienna Sausages. We took the kids beach camping for the first time this weekend.  We headed up to Camp Pendleton with some friends.  Roasting marshmallows and making dough boys were just the beginning of it all.  Besides, time is always [...]

I forced myself to get out of the house today.  I have been a bit of a homebody lately, not really feeling like going out.  The less I do, the less I feel like puking my guts out.  But when the beach calls, how can I NOT answer?  I felt the cosmic tug and rodeoed [...]

I was contemplating extensively this Father’s Day.  How has my father helped shape my life?  I found myself overwhelmed and grateful for all of the shaping he did in fact do.  He was there helping me keep the tears at bay when scrapes and scratches seemed to follow me everywhere I went, but was so [...]

Annie, Hudson and I headed to the Wild Animal Park on Friday.  I tried letting them ride Journey into Africa again to see if they enjoyed it any better.  Hudson had forgotten about it so I told him they got to ride the train to see the animals.  Once we were on, he pointed out [...]