I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 22nd, 2012
The kids are going to be quite the Christmas experts by the end of the month…this week, we celebrated “Christmas morning” with Grandma and Grandpa, opening presents from them and Peter & Cammy. (John, yours arrived too late–we’ll do them on real Christmas morning.) I didn’t get many pictures, because I was mainly trying to […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 21st, 2012
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 23rd, 2012
This year, we introduced Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Matthew to the joys of cutting down your own tree. Last year we walked down to the tree lot (just outside our subdivision) in flip flops and sweated buckets sawing and sawing at the tree. This year Derek literally had the whole tree cut in under […]
Wowsers, it was a busy week, complete with getting stranded in Florida for an extra day! As tired as I am (and as exhausted as Derek seems), it was totally worth it to be there for John’s winging and get to see where he works and what he does. John showing our dad and Helen […]
Posted in California, Family on Jul 13th, 2012
One of the worst things about this rental house (well, besides the moldy showers, filthy walls, and smell of dog urine in the carpets) was the nasty kitchen. (Okay, the wall-o-mirrors is pretty bad, too, but our bookshelves largely cover them.) We’ve dealt with the cleanliness issues, and when we renewed our lease this month, […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 9th, 2012
Yesterday Susie decided that Grandpa couldn’t get the plumbing done unless she was sitting on his lap, helping. The kids are already wondering when Grandma and Grandpa can come back to visit again!
Tommy likes to help Grandpa clean, saw, and drill! He’s been quite the helper this week.
While Grandpa toils away to replace our kitchen counters, Grandma is getting lots of reading and snuggling in with the kids!
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Movies, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 10th, 2012
It’s taken us far, far too long to put our winter videos up on youtube, but here are a few long-awaited ones! Thank you, Derek, for doing this before you left this morning! The kids’ CBS Christmas program (E’s partner-in-crime, Ben, is to her left, and the two girls to her right are in her […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on May 22nd, 2012
We’re having quite the time here in Detroit, halfway through our cross-country road trip! Tommy is a big fan of Greenfield Village. And the kids were excited to use the SuperSoaker from Uncle Matthew! Elizabeth’s Fourth 3rd Birthday Party Susanna still doesn’t have the cake thing figured out. Reading with Andy We love Nona!