My girl

My girl is growing up so much. I feel like I have neglected her lately with all this talk of Freckle Face and the Freshman. Yesterday we went to Leavenworth, and she was the only one that wanted anything to do with the camera. She took some great pictures for us, and I was able [...]

A new smile

Today was the big day! The braces came off. He is one happy teenager. The orthodontist gave him a huge, carmel coated apple and a bunch of helium balloons. He gave me the balloons, but I really wanted the carmel apple.
He looks great. So today we are celebrating with salt water taffy and a great [...]

My son is published.

Although not in the way that he and I hope he is published someday, but you have to start somewhere, right?  He has been spending his brief amounts of free computer time creating comic strips based on Sonic the Hedgehog.
It has been 10 years of Sonic the Hedgehog at my house. It can stop any time [...]

Blackberry picking

I took the kids blackberry picking the other day. This year the blackberries are very good. We have had little rain and a lot of warm temps which makes the berries big, sweet, and juicy.  We went to our usual picking location, and unfortunately, many other people had already been there. It was kind of [...]

No cavities!

I am so glad! No cavities for any of my kids for the second year in a row. I can not tell you how happy it makes me to hear those words from the dentist. Especially since most dentists now only use the white ceramic fillings and Tricare doesn’t cover them very well. Saves my [...]

Hair problems

I pulled out an old photo album the other day. It was full of pictures from my trip to Germany back in 1990. I was almost 18, and I went as a short term exchange student. I had pulled it out because while doing my family research I realized that the kings of Prussia had [...]

Do not give your kids a video camera.

Seriously.
It is scary.
The kids have been begging me to use the video camera to make a movie. I had been saying no, but then I remembered that I had our old video camera that has been sitting in my closet for 3 years collecting dust. I thought I may as well give them that one. [...]