Today, whenever I would ask Emma “why” for anything: why was she blinking her eyes, why did she want the bathtub plug, why did she want to put her jammies on in Zach’s room; she would respond, “Because I’m pretty.” I guess we must have told her that too much… or maybe it’s just the…

Yes, it’s the “flying fortress” – Zach was sure of it all day as we waited for the public open house, and I told him I wasn’t sure… as usual, (especially about airplanes) he was right. It was a warm day and an hour long line, but Zach was determined (and patient) to wait it…

I feel like sometimes Emma just gets dragged around to things for Zach, and even though she is usually having fun she isn’t the one who calls the shots. So tonight, I asked the kids if they wanted to go to the local all-comers track meet (where anyone old enough to walk can race in…

Nate got signed up for this mission when he sent Emma’s shoe flying over the fence into the neighbor’s backyard doing a “trick” with it on the swings… the kids thought it was so cool and so funny that they keep wanting me to re-enact the whole thing. Since the neighbors back there have dogs…

After trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to keep Emma sitting down in her chair during meals, it seems Zach has finally found something that works. Inspired by Harry the Dirty Dog (a new book from the library), Zach would say to Emma, “Sit, doggy, sit. Good dog!” and pat her head and pretend to give her a…

Zach has been excited for weeks for the 4th of July. He loves talking about our country, and the military “who keeps our country safe!”, and was quite concerned we didn’t have a flag to display (we had to make a paper one). And I am a sucker for the fireworks! We went to our…

We went to the launch site of the Rochester hot air balloon race (an annual event) not quite knowing what to expect, and were quite suprised after sitting down at a fair distance from a big balloon to find other balloons setting up not 50 yards away. I guess with a small town there’s no…

Nate had his vacation 2 weeks ago, and we made the trek to Utah in the car. We did it in one day on the way out… which was one long day, but only one day! We got to enjoy the beautiful mountains with the Woodwards, spend some time at Deer Valley with the Adams,…

… my venture into the 21st century! I have been enjoying similar sites of my friends’ and thought I’d give this a try. I am excited to share some of our day-to-day adventures with those of you who live so far away, and hopefully to chronicle the simple joys of our life. Wish me luck!