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The English Relatives
Free slurpee day at 7-Eleven on...7-11.We had the pleasure over the weekend and beyond to spend more time with Angela and Alan, Elaine's sister and brother-in-law from England. Â We haven't seen them...
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Home Improvements
We have had several projects going on at once in our backyard. Â Last week consisted of them planting our trees and putting in our new patio which fortunately wrapped up on Friday. Â We were a little...
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Cousins
Last Wednesday, Elaine arrived back from Pennsylvania with Duncan's sister, Kristin's, two boys (aka, our kids' cousins). Â Derek is ten and Tyler is nine. Â We hadn't seen them in a little over a year...
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Redington Beach
Last week at this time my heart was very heavy because I knew all of my relatives were packing up to leave or had already left to head to Nova Scotia. Â Oh, how hard it has been to be left behind for...
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Christmas Festivities
This past week has been very busy with various Christmas events. Â I can't get enough of this holiday! Thursday evening we attended Holiday on the Drive which is on Edgewater Drive in College Park....
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Happy New Year!
I just wanted to take a moment and let everyone know I'm still alive. Â I haven't written on here in nearly a month due to being gone two plus weeks to Boston for Christmas, then having my brother and...
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Christmas
I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by how far behind I am on here. Â So this may be broken up into two parts if I have that in me. Â Can't say I'm getting a ton of sleep these days but I may be getting ahead...
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Christmas 2.0, the Shawn Braces Visit, and My Problem Baby
Of course, I'm sure there is much I've forgotten since we've been back from Boston. Â The things you do while on vacation tend to stick out more in your mind than the things you do at home in your...
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Christmas Pictures
I didn't post any pictures from Boston for Christmas because my pictures weren't loading on to my computer from my phone. Â Technology!! Â Fortunately I have a very clever technology guy that lives with...
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Busch Gardens, Another Brady Injury, & End of Football
We've been pretty busy over the last week. Â Last Thursday, Aunt Lori, Kelly, and Caleb came to visit us for a few hours before Kelly and Caleb departed for home. Â They had spent the week down at Bonnet...
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Birthday
I'm battling a head cold and at this moment, a headache, so I'm going to try and make this fairly brief.The highlight of the last week was my 38th birthday...if one can count getting older a highlight....
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School Improvements
In the last post or two, I was lamenting about how I was frustrated at times with how school is going. Â This week has been so much better! Â I swear, it all comes back to that mechanical pencil. Â Such a...
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Papa & Gigi Visit and Other Happenings
It has been a bit of a long absence from blog writing as my parents were here for and I thought it would be rude to be typing on my computer rather than having family bonding time. Â But, they have left...
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Schedule Change
As I've lamented on here, a quiet school environment is a foreign concept for us. Â Between Brady's rambunctiousness and having to attend to Colby who makes his presence known from time to time, there...
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The Fair and Six Months
I had every intention of posting an entry last night but then after the horrendous night I had with Colby on Thursday night, my bed was calling me at 9:30 and that was that. Â This evening I have a...
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Haircuts and Legoland
Evidently I am just as bad about getting the girls haircuts in a timely manner as I am with myself. Â I started thinking about it a few weeks ago...thinking, it's probably been a good nine months or...
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Duncan's Birthday & Sleeping "In"
This past Sabbath was Duncan's 36th birthday. Â The original plan to celebrate was for Ron and Elaine to watch the kids while we went out to Indian but after seeing Colby's outburst when I left him at...
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Another Week, Another Black Eye
Brady is at it again. Â At least he's trying to even his face out in terms of injuries. Â Up until now, all injuries had happened to the right side for whatever reason. Â This week, the left side fell...
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Winslow Eve Brace
This week the big excitement was the birth of my niece, Winslow Eve. Â My brother Shawn and Camille had their baby girl in the wee hours of the morning on Monday (26th), a few days late. Â She weighed 8...
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First Triathlon
This week started off very early Sunday morning, at least for Duncan, when he participated in his first triathlon which took place in Ocala (an hour and fifteen minute drive). Â It started at 7:00 am...
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