While we were in North Dakota, my friend Siri and I took a road trip north to visit my friend Rhonda, who recently had a baby.  It was a great trip.  Siri and I had so much fun chatting on the car ride, whieh involved quite a few detours because…

We had a super time visiting my nephew Jack and my brother and sister-in-law while we were in Bismarck.  To make things even more fun, my cousin Lisa, who lives just a few houses down the street from my brother came over too!  We ate pizza for supper and tried…

This last picture was supposed to be a “boy” picture but a couple of sneaky little sisters jumped in at the last minute!  We had a fantastic time staying overnight at the Penn home.  There were cookies, light saber battles, pancakes with syrup, bunk beds to sleep in (a very…

I have so many wonderful things to blog about our week in North Dakota visiting friends and family, but I’m actually going to start with the last part first, and get the traumatic part out of the way! Easter Sunday.  There was the usual drama of getting everyone ready.  There…

There is no picture available today, but here are some conversations heard in the van on our journey to Bismarck today: Mr. SP:  Dad!  My tooth is really, really loose!  Look! Me:  Wow!  That tooth IS really loose!  How did that happen so suddenly? Mr. SP: Oh, Hannah and I…

The kidlets have hired me to be their macro photographer.  The payment is hugs and kisses.  For quite some time, Mr. SP has been very taken with the blog Lego a Day.  In fact, we all are amused every time we visit the site.  It has spurred a greater interest…

Every waking moment he’s busy.  Either he’s on the go on the floor, scooting all over on his hands and knees, climbing up on small platforms (like the trampoline) and chasing the people he loves, or he’s busy picking up things with his tiny fingers. He still does not like…

I love these pictures.  She loves holding him and he loves being outside and getting attention.  I love both of them.  There is a bit of drool involved because Squirmy is working hard on cutting some top teeth.

We made a spontaneous decision to go to the park late Saturday afternoon and called our neighbors up the hill to see if they wanted to come a long.  They did.  We all walked to our neighborhood park.  I love having a neighborhood park that has a playground.  Last summer…

Last fall Dr. Peds pulled out some prickly crawling bushes that had been nothing but trouble for us since we moved into our house four years ago.  In place of the nasty bushes, he planted tulips, crocuses, and maybe some daffodils ( I can’t quite remember).  He planted lots and…