The girls discovered the mega balloons that Grandma MN got for them and came up with some unique configurations. Even Violet got in on the fun and was not happy when the balloon was finally taken away from her. Violet and Mimi loved walking Annie around on a leash the other night. No, I didn’t [...]

That is the only man in this family. Can you guess who that is? Michael is now 37 years old. He apparently doesn’t feel any older because he forgot that his birthday was even coming up. When I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday his was response was taco salad. It [...]

Kathy and I got a big kick out of when I said, “I’ve got to blog about our skyping!” Ten years ago that statement would have been complete gibberish, but now most modern day Americans would know exactly what I was talking about, even Grandma. Annie made the request this evening to Skype with Grandma [...]

Over the past few weeks Violet has been discovering her love of clothes and shoes and other accessories. If Violet sees her coat laying around, then she insists that I put it on her. Let’s not forget about the shoes. Same thing, if she sees her shoes not on her feet, then they must be [...]

Surprisingly, we’ve been treated with nice weather the past few days. Temps have been in the upper 60′s/low 70′s. The girls were even playing outside in short sleeves one day. Not to let it go to waste, Julie and I decided to take the toddlers to the park yesterday. We have both been craving Pot [...]