Category: Family

  • Goings on

    We’ve been doing all sorts of fun things lately. Unfortunately, I’ve documented them with my phone camera which isn’t great, but alas, it’s the memory that’s important.We met up with Lauren, Trevor, and their kids Bryce, Dallin, and Claire in Columbus for a Crew game. Scotland and Claire are birthday buddies. They were born hours…

  • Happy Memorial Day

    Since Tom needed to work on Monday we commemorated Memorial Day on Sunday. The Highland Park Cemetery near our house has several veteran sections. Each year they place a small flag at each veteran’s tombstone. It’s a stirring sight, and I’ve always wanted to visit. This year we did. We walked along the rows and…

  • Working towards OUR PhD

    Tom has four more weeks before he defends his PhD. About two weeks ago we had a “talk” about how that required him to sacrifice everything to write his dissertation in time. It all boiled down to the fact that he could schedule an hour and a half around dinner time to spend with Scotland…

  • The advantages of marrying a nerd

    Tom sets me up. A couple mornings ago Tom came in and said “look at my phone!” browsing the apps on his screen I saw a new one- wordpress. Sure enough, now I can blog on my phone with one hand while I feed Scotland with the other. Plus I can post pictures and video…

  • Happy Birthday Darling!

    Sunday was Tom’s birthday. It was a busy weekend for us, so it was nice to have the calm and quite of Sunday to celebrate. Our dear friends Steve, Mary and their sweet daughter Lydia came up to join the festivities. I made Cafe Rio and chocolate cake. The meal turned out delicious, and the…

  • I can't do it all, at least not all at once.

    Yesterday, I came across a woman’s blog that left me in complete wonder. How does she do it all? She has six kids, whom she home-schools. She has a perfectly decorated home- mostly white. They raise chickens. She sews and makes everything. She’s part of at least two book clubs. Her husband works long days.…

  • The help

    The great thing about any life experience is that it helps you relate with others. I couldn’t agree more with Vicki Iovine’s opinion in “The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy” that motherhood is a sorority and labor is the ultimate hazing.  Until experiencing it, I had little understanding for the help needed after pregnancy. My mother…