Year: 2008

Talking about Death

Inquisitive Ricky has been asking me about my dad lately, so I took him to the cemetery one day last week to show him where Dad is buried.  This spurred a wide range of questions and I’m doing my best to answer them.  Part of the conversations have dealt with trying to be good and […]

The cowboys, their indian, and their cow

I LOVE Halloween!  I have since I was a kid and I’m doing my darnedest to pass that love on to my boys.  Kevin is an excellent sport and goes along with whatever (how did I get so lucky?).   This year I didn’t feel like making new costumes for Kevin and I, so I went […]

While the parents are away, the boys will play

My sister-in-law Cathy passed along these great pictures of our kids playing.  They came up one day while Kevin and I were out of town last weekend.  The boys just adore their cousins, Danny and Cate. Cathy said that Ricky was really sweet with Cate. I guess this is a picture of “kissin’ cousins” Billy […]

Back on the farm

Kevin’s work sponsored a family night at the same farm that I took the boys to last week.  We took advantage of the chance to go back and this time did the hayride.  I wasn’t expecting a nearly hour long ride, but the boys thoroughly enjoyed it and enjoyed picking a pumpkin from the huge […]

A Delayed 10th Anniversary Celebration

In general, I try to keep this site dedicated to our boys but Kevin and I had a wonderful vacation this past weekend that I’d hate to not share.  As a present for our 10th wedding anniversary (which was in August), Kevin gave me a short cruise.  We couldn’t be gone from the boys for […]