• Life

    Life’s Truths

    I can’t remember what blog I saw this on, but I found myself agreeing with almost all of these. 1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. (And, clean your house before anyone goes in it!) 2. Nothing is worse than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times when I was younger and I didn’t want to nap. 4. There is great need for a font that denotes sarcasm. 5. How the heck does one fold a fitted sheet? 6. Was learning cursive really necessary? 7. MapQuest…

  • Weekend Recap

    A Day At The Park

    The weather has been cooler lately and by cooler I mean in the 80’s instead of 100, but we’ll take it. It still feels pretty hot with all the humidity, but at least I can be outside without instantly starting to sweat. We decided to take advantage of the weather and take Ben to a park that I use to go to when I was little. The park is beautiful and they recently updated the playground and put in all new equipment. There is also a huge lake that has lots of ducks and geese you can feed but there didn’t happen to be any out the day we were…

  • Kids

    Gold!

    One tradition that J’s grandma does every Easter is that she hides gold dollars in the Easter eggs for all the kids instead of candy. Last year Ben was too little to collect eggs, but this year he was all about finding the “gold.” The other day he wanted his piggy bank down and we got out all the change. J would tell him, “bring me your gold,” and Ben would go over and hand it to him and then snatch it right back. I love his baby belly.

  • Holidays

    Our Fun Filled Fourth

    We had a really great fourth which is why I have put off writing about it because there is so much to share! The biggest difference between this year and last is that Ben is actually old enough to know and somewhat understand what is going on. Last year he was not not quite 6 months and although he starred at the fireworks, he could have cared less. July 4, 2009 Our holiday started on the 3rd with a trip to our library to sign up for summer reading. Ben LOVES going to the library and always has a blast. We are really lucky to live in a town with…