Miranda January 15, 2013

This is a house on our block that was just foreclosed on....We hope some new fun
neighbors buy it!

Maureen January 15, 2013

Maggie melting into the chair cushion. Annie was practicing her cello nearby.

Marla-January 15, 2013

This is Cole and his Language Arts teacher Mrs. Beyer. A few weeks ago we received a letter from Cole's school letting us know that Cole's teachers had nominated him to receive the "Stellar Student award" (about 35 students receive this award each month). He got this award for showing Responsibility. They invite the families to a light breakfast and short award ceremony before school.

Maureen January 14, 2013

Helping with homework. She's working on advanced 6th grade math and gets it, for the most part, except when it gets late & she gets tired & doesn't want to work on it anymore.

Marla-January 14, 2013

First there was a shot with Dylan at home at 12:01am. Then in the afternoon we went to the casino...here is Vaughn being carded for the first time and then a drink with Eric at the casino. Happy 21st, Vaughn!

Miranda January 14, 2013

Gianni checking out his shadow this morning!

Maureen January 13, 2013

Let the softball season begin! Winter practices started today

Miranda January 13, 2013

Gabriele so happy to have found his "Ele" after we lost it for a while

Marla-January 13, 2013

Cole and Eric working on a project for Cole's school. The 7th graders have a "Patriot's Day" this Friday. Cole's group is going to be blacksmiths. All of the 7th graders dress up and have a marketplace and lots of other fun events. Cole (and Eric) are making wooden daggers to sell at the market. I know this photo is making some of you very nervous with the saw blade heading straight for Cole's fingers...trust me I was very worried too.

Maureen January 12, 2013

Jim noticed that one of the tires was a bit low, so stopped on the way over to Andreas, in the freezing rain, to put some air in it before Andrea & I drove out to hear Mike's band.

Miranda January 12, 2013

At Mike's show

Marla-January 12, 2013

I worked from 9-5 at the public library today. Which means that I ate lunch there. It has been so long since I ate lunch at a work place. Last time was a few years ago when I was filling in at the middle school.

Maureen January 11, 2013

Hanging out with Bryce

Miranda January 11, 2013

Marla-January 11, 2013

Woody sat in this bag for about 4-5 hours today.

Marla-January 10, 2013

This is the second time that I have ordered from drugstore.com and both times I have gotten extra items. This time I got a box of a "Ten Herbs-Naturally improves the regularity of bowel movements". At first I thought that it was a mistake but then I saw that the box says that it is a free sample. But, I'm sure that the last time it was a mistake because a day after my order arrived I got another box from them and it seemed to have someone elses order with my name attached to the box.

Maureen January 10, 2013

When I called to get directions to my job interview last week, I was on break while working at Carsons, so I put the piece of paper in my little Carsons purse until today. Today, I grabbed the paper out of my purse as I was getting in the car to drive to the interview. This fortune cookie fortune was in my bag, apparently, left over from a food court lunch in the past few weeks. When I unfolded the directions at a stoplight to look at them, the fortune fell out onto the pile of spelling bee papers on the passenger seat. Hoping that it proves to  be true!

Miranda January 10, 2013

Gabriele is giving sad Gianni a hug because Gianni didn't want to go to school -
he wanted to go to the gym with us... : (

Maureen January 9, 2013

The weather was so nice outside, today, that we went to a schoolyard to shot some hoops.

Miranda January 9, 2013

Police Officer Middona