The last week has been busy as usual.  We went camping with Uncle Steven and Aunt Erin to Sibley State Park.

We had great weather, plenty of caterpillars for Andrew to catch, and lots of smores to eat.

Andrew enjoyed the extra attention from Steven and Erin, even when they dressed him as a superhero and made [...]

Today we put the final touches on Phase One of the landscaping.  Here’s what we began with:

While I was at Wolf Ridge, Pete and Andrew completed this:

While they were fishing, I did this:

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve slowly been figuring out what kind of plants we want and deciding where to place them.  [...]

Yesterday was the last day of school for my class!  Everyone was ready for break to be here.  I had lunch with a couple of friends today.  Actually had lunch.  With no kids running by to tell me that their tooth fell out.  No meetings.  No fire drills.  No kids arguing about who gets to [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Pete hopped across the Pond to spend 5 hours on a yacht in the Sydney Harbour work.

Andrew and I spent lots of quality time together and even had time to read books to this little one.

Once Pete was back, we were on to our next adventure.  We met up with [...]

Andrew continues to amaze us with how much he knows.  The last few weeks he’s been playing on and off with a little airplane that used to make noise.  We explained that the batteries were dead and we’d have to put new ones in to make it work again.
This afternoon, I picked him up from [...]

We

had

a

great day.

Leaving for a week is not something that occurs often for me.  In fact, I have not been away that long in 3 years.  Soon after I got home, I began to notice a few things that changed.  Some for the better, others not.
For instance, this plant.  Not better, but rather barely hanging on to [...]

Laura returned home safe and sound tonight.  Andy and I were really happy to see her and help us return to a civilized life.
Since my last post Andy and I went camping in the back yard including a camp fire and a night in a tent.  We also did a little yard work that caught [...]