We’ve had a few milestones, and while I won’t go into a tremendous amount of detail, I will put them out here (and may at some point come back and try to fill in some details). 1. Calen is starting to get his second molars… this may be why he’s been a little “testy” lately. [...]

Mal and Cal have been sick off and on for the past couple weeks. Cal started it with a sinus infection, but then he started throwing up, and for 4 days essentially ate nothing. Luckily he could keep some liquids down. We finally got him something called in for the nausea and it seems to [...]

Funny how life never slows down… I’m always waiting for that chance to catch my breath… and in as many years as I can remember, it hasn’t come. Kylie’s home for the summer. She’s working at American Eagle and doing some side design work on the internet. It’s good to have her home. Mallory’s Birthday [...]

A tornado (or “potato” for those of you that have been with us for a while) has come through my house!! That is the only explanation for my life passing before my eyes. Where does time go? And how do I get it back? Just 5 years ago, we gained a silly teenager that wore [...]

Conversation with Mallory on the swing set the other day… You are catching it mid-stream as she’s telling Angie why I can’t ride on the swing with her.

So I’m not up for going into a lot of detail, but I want to remember this stuff down the road. Angie had a trip for work scheduled to Vegas (for a conference). We talked about me tagging along, but decided against it. Instead, I would play Mr. Mom… The week before, Calen got sick [...]

I’m really just posting this so that I have a copy… Lame_Duck_Resolution I know, I know… enough with the politics… I’ll post something family related soon.. and upload the pictures from Puerto Rico… promise!

Mallory is at that age where you wish you had a tape recorder tied to her at all times.  You just never know what’s going to pop out of that little mouth.  And the biggest problem is that you know she gets it from you.  Of course, Johnathan taught her stuff like, “See this elbow.  [...]

Unfortunately this sort of stuff doesn’t get the press it deserves… http://article.nationalreview.com/437296/kagans-abortion-distortion/shannen-w-coffin