Last Weekend of Summer

It’s the last official weekend of summer, and we hope you are out doing something fun. G is running a multi-day ultra, with her husband and brother-in-law, somewhere in Tennessee, and I am out in the mountains of Colorado. We will officially be back next week, but we wanted to pop in to say hello,…

Stories That Won’t Die

This story gets brought up almost every single time the family is together.  It gets brought up when talking about old friends, while on vacation, when someone mentions a barn, when someone asks if he likes goat cheese (which has nothing to do with cows, I realize), when we are all drinking wine, or when one of the girls simply wants to embarrass Andy. 

Uhh, are we married?

Moving brings all kinds of paperwork challenges—the simplest being getting your address changed with every credit card, delivery service, and friend you know. The more difficult are getting new driver’s licenses, registering to vote, and now, it seems, getting insured. My husband got a new job and is now eligible for insurance through his employer….

People Watching

After another 15 minutes had passed, I told Sydney that maybe we should take them a cheeseburger because it couldn’t be that bad.  Perhaps they were just hangry. Sydney laughed and thought they might need something stronger, given their body language.