Christmas: Part C

The final part of our Christmas celebration was at my parent’s house. Our kids have a cousin on this side of the family now. She’s such a cutie! Powered by GoodWidgets.com

Christmas: Part B

Next we headed off to George’s parent’s home. This was their largest gathering yet, with George’s brother Justin bringing a wife! Powered by GoodWidgets.com

Christmas: Part A

A few photos from our Christmas celebration last Saturday before we left town: Powered by GoodWidgets.com

Merry Christmas!

A bit of artwork from the kids:      

Welcome to our Zoo!

Lions Kats and tigers and bears! Oh my! George and I have wanted to change our domain name for years but it has taken us this long to come up with an alternative that we both liked. We (finally) decided on one this year. Life around our house can get quite wild at times and […]

E’s Dance Performance

For E’s fall dance recital, the class performed to Christmas songs at a local assisted living center. Many of the residents really enjoyed the performance and visiting with the girls afterward. Here she is (on the far right) tap dancing to “Go Tell it on the Mountain”. [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2007/12/emily_tap_11-2007.flv image=wp-content/uploads/2007/12/img_1654_crop.JPG /] Next she performs her […]

Every Single Day

What my son said to me today: “Mommy, I like to give you hugs. I’ll give you a hug every single day of my life.” “What about when you go off to college? Can I come to your dorm room every morning and get my hug?” “No….I’ll just drive to you and give you your […]

DIY: Billion Second Birthday

Want to know when your billion second birthday is (or was)? Want to say you’ve written a bit of Ruby code? Well, here’s your chance. Head over to this Interactive Ruby site and type this line (substituting your own birthday year, month, and day): Time.mktime(1980,8,13) + 1000000000 You will have to type it out. Copy […]

So, Just How Big is One Billion?

When I was one thousand seconds old, I was being weighed for the first time. When I was one million seconds old, I was still sleeping most of the day. When I was one billion seconds old, I was married with 3 kiddos. Wow. Happy One-Billion-Seconds-Old Birthday to Me!!!! (1,000 seconds is roughly 16 minutes. […]