Year: 2010

We had a family get-together at my mom’s home on Sunday.  A few gifts were exchanged, some chit-chatting happened, some food was eaten … and Billy got his hands on the camera.  After safely securing it with the wrist strap, we turned him loose.  Some of his shots aren’t bad at all … Then, as […]

When I took Ricky Christmas shopping for his brothers, I asked him if there was someone else he wanted to buy a present for.  His answer was, “Grandpa Chet.”  I gently reminded him that my dad was dead.  Ricky didn’t care.  He said, “We could get something for his tombstone.”  So we did. Billy went […]

All sorts of things have been under our Christmas tree this month … wrapped gifts, trains, cats, Baby Jesus, Scooby Doo … but this was my favorite: Okay, this was pretty cute too: Happy Christmas, friends!

As all good kids do, Ricky has learned the alternate version of Jingle Bells.  We aren’t sure where he learned his version, it certainly wasn’t from his parents.   Ricky’s goes something like this … “Jingle Bells Batman smells Robin laid an egg The Batmobile lost a wheel In 1981 … “