The boys were out of school today because their little school house was burglarized last night. The two donated televisions that they used to watch educational videos and the occasional movie were stolen and the back window was smashed. When I drove up to drop them off this morning the police were there. My boys…
Family Time & a Fruity Giveaway!
This weekend we bonded as a family in a few ways, including three of us running a 5K together. Yes, a family that runs together also gets king cake at the end together, at least where we live and during the Mardi Gras season… 
In this case it’s calories out, calories in – in…
Parkin’ It
I’m just gonna dump a bunch of pictures on y’all… That’s cool, right? While in Texas LAST weekend and during our last bit of time in Dallas, we stopped downtown to visit Klyde Warren Park. Well, that is after we grabbed some Pei Wei for lunch. (Dear Lafayette, please get a Pei Wei already). It…
The State Farm* (er, I mean fair)
Our group of eleven ventured in the side gate, jacketed and talking about how chilly it was. The first words out of K’s mouth were “I want to go see the HORSES!!” Tim went to buy coupons and the boys went off to ride the “Crazy Mouse” (with Tim). I quickly spotted the carousel so…
Fall-ish Fun
A few years ago I posted pictures of my kids at the “pumpkin patch” (a.k.a. the local Methodist church that uses their land to host games and treats and imported pumpkins) and the cuteness was overwhelming. (Warning: if you click on that link above, your uterus – if you have one – will twitch). I…
The Yogurt Shop Shuffle
While the hubster was out of town at a bachelor party in Vegas a few weeks ago… (yes, I AM THE best wife EVER for letting him go) (and YES, he keeps using that line “what happens in Vegas…”) blah, blah, blah… Wait, what was I talking about? OH yeah… I took the kids for…
Chicago Through my Lens
On the Saturday afternoon of my trip to BlogHer in Chicago, I had to get out and use my camera, much like the first time I was there in 2009. There were many brides out that day, in Millennium Park and the weather was amazing, only 64 degrees. That’s unheard of in summer where I…
Going Back in Time…
I was talking to someone the other day about attending my high school reunion and they made a side comment such as “why bother, you can see everything/everyone on Facebook nowadays anyway…”. Perhaps, but I cannot HUG anyone on Facebook. At least not yet. I love people. I always have. I also love to see…
The Last of It
I wanted to go ahead and write about and post pictures from our last couple of days in Canada… you know, for posterity and all. On our way back from the mountains we hit up the super enormous mall in Edmonton, West Edmonton Mall. It’s in West Edmonton. They have both a water park…
And then we went to the mountains!!
If y’all thought I inundated you with photos from our time at the lake while in Canada, well… I took a FEW hundreds of pictures while we spent just a little over 24 hours (only, boo hoo) in Jasper. It’s this cute little, touristy town in Jasper National Park in the midst of the Canadian…