Category Archives: Friends

Fire in the Hole

New Year’s Eve has changed a lot since we had kids. It used to mean lots of parties, or a trip to New Orleans. I should have seen change coming, after all, the first New Year’s Eve after Christian was born we celebrated the new Millenium while I was breastfeeding a 1 1/2 month old....

Our Favorite Wisemen

Jackson’s school had their Christmas program last night and they all did great. Charlie, Jackson and David were the cutest little wisemen I had ever seen. When Jackson got to his seat on the stage, he realized that he didn’t know where we were. I could see just a bit of panic in his face...

A Wiseman Once Said

Friday, after Jackson got home from school, I was checking all his papers in his backpack. There was a note from his teacher informing me that he would be a wiseman in the Christmas program this year. When I asked him about it, he said, “I am NOT going to be an angel! I am...

Football is in the Air

Every afternoon there is a football game going on in one of our yards. Today it was ours. Christian looks forward to it every day. There were only three of them, but they managed. They were still going strong when it was time for Andrew to go home and get ready to go to the...