• Up in the Afternoon

    Of course, I love these images of my Grandma Jan.  I had the best time visiting her all afternoon on the third day of the Christmas blizzard.  I have more pictures, but I couldn't wait to share these.  Grandma Jan is nocturnal and really hates sunlight, so I was excited…

  • Looks My Mother Gives When I’m in Trouble

    Disgusted. More Disgusted. She didn't want her picture taken because she was up all night coughing with a bad cold and hadn't curled her hair.  I'm a pest. And the light was perfect.   Someday she'll just smile and twinkle into my camera lens EVEN if she's feeling crumby.  I…

  • Jack at Christmas

    Because of the Great Christmas Blizzard, there were a lot of family members I missed seeing in North Dakota:  my cousins, my aunts and uncles, and some friends too.  On top of that, I was sick, sick, SICK!  A lot of the time I didn't feel up to even picking…

  • The Adventure Begins

    The luggage that we need to cram into the car is taking up 1/3 of the floor space in our family room.  The cat has a very clean litter box, three bowls of food and two bowls of water.  The fish is munching on food.  The Christmas paraphanelia coming with…

  • Portrait of Grandpa Ron

    To keep little hands busy while I was running around getting ready for my concert last Friday, I set the kidlets up with some cloves and oranges.  They started poking cloves into the oranges, and I got my hair curled. (I only do that about six times a year, for…

  • Concerts

    It's been a bit hectic around here the past week:  concerts, more concerts, and a few recitals for my students thrown into the mix.  On Thursday, Friday and twice on Saturday I had concerts with the Arrowhead Chorale.  Dr. Peds was on call, so our super duper amazing babysitter, Sophie,…

  • Sledding Fun

    We snuck in an hour of great sledding right after school with our good friends from up the street at the top of the hill.  We loaded everybody up and headed to a perfect kid sized hill at the university that spills out onto a frozen pond.  Everyone had a…

  • YaYa Sings At Church

    This is just a quick snapshot that I very sneakily took in church yesterday morning before YaYa sang by herself.  The children's choir had their Christmas Program and sang at both worship services.  Sarah sang a solo in one of the songs.  She did beautifully.  She learned the whole thing…