Bike? Bike!
So, today, I read an article posted by Family on Bikes. It was about a mom in Portland who totes around her SIX kids by bicycle!! You can read the article here. Finished reading? Are you thinking what I’m thinking? THIS IS BRILLIANT! I’m ready to sell my minivan and buy a box bike to […]
Happy Birthday America
We started the day off lazy – skipping the community parade – but rallied with afternoon swimming, dinner with the in-laws, and fireworks! The boys were completely worn out by the time we got home (an hour after their summer bedtime.) So, apparently, Matt decided NOT to blog while I was out of town… and […]
Birthdays!
We celebrated Zach’s 7th Birthday with dinner at Bennihana’s! His favorite! On the way home, he told me 60 + 60 = 120. And then he told me how he figured it out… 50 + 10 = 60. So if he added 50+50, he got 100. Then he needed to add 10+10 to get 20. […]
New computer
I’m typing this post from my new Mac Book Pro. This, according to Matt, is part of our master plan to become fully mobile. No more desktop computers. ummm…hmmm…. It was not, however, on our master get-out-of-debt plan. But since my desktop computer died yesterday, Matt jumped at the chance to get us (me) a […]
Big Families
Matt and I come from really big families… We both grew up with tons of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grand-parents. I think that is one of the reasons we were meant for each other. If you are not from a big family, you won’t get it. But we get it. We get the big gatherings. […]