The Spice of Life
Weddings one and two are over. So are vacations one and two. Home repairs have been made, and garage doors have been painted. Now for a little bit of the other stuff that has...
Category: Family
The Perfect Family
A bunch of us stuck around the Lake the week after the wedding for a family vacation. And by “bunch”, I mean we were too many to count. The bunch included a food-seeking missile of...
Hitched in a Barn
They were going for casual. They wanted it to be a simple party. But what my brother and newest sister-in-law pulled off was a very elegant wedding, whether they like it or not. She bought...
Let’s Dance
Things have been a tad bit busy around these parts. Lake. Cape. Weddings. Life. Etcetera. There is a backlog of things I would like to write about on this blog. I’ll get there, eventually. This...
Independence Day
As usual, we spent the 4th up at the Lake. Not with the crowd of old, but with a smaller group of new. Nicole’s boyfriend Connor was there along with Heather’s friend Lexi. Not...
The “Should”s
When we are kids and in our twenties, we hear the “should”s from our parents. When we are in our thirties and forties, we say the “should”s to our kids. When we are in our...
Compromises
What is undone in the fall is redone in the spring. Like the bushes. And the dock. And the shower floor. The bushes were the only thing that didn’t require human involvement. They did just fine on...
More College Visits
We visited a couple more colleges last week. It was really just an excuse to visit Meagan and take a family mini-vacation. We saw some sites – which are actually stunning in person. We...
The Younger Generation
You have probably gotten the sense that I am proud of my three daughters. But I am also proud of my nieces and nephews. The two third graders have personalities that make them predestined...
Easter Weekend
The weekend started Friday morning when Nicole made breakfast for her boyfriend, Connor. When the two of them went out to eat that night, Dave and I had the leftovers from the last time they had...