Year: 2013

The boys form dog piles often. Kevin isn’t often at the bottom. Even less often do you hear the second one from the bottom (Ricky in this case) say, “I’m gonna barf!” When you do hear that …the dog pile dismantles pretty fast! Funny thing- Ricky is still buried in that pile. Good thing he […]

Pride is rarely a good thing, but I do have to brag. A couple of months ago, I braved playing Monopoly with Kevin again.  Aunt Nancy played with us as well.  Generally, I avoid that game like the plague because Kevin creams me…but guess who won? And I didn’t just win by a little.  I […]

Spring season of Billy’s AYSO soccer started and ended.  Sadly the last game of the season was rained out. The most sad part was that Billy had finally gotten it.  He finally was getting into the game and the competitiveness of it.  He played 8 games last fall and it was the 5th game this […]

For Ricky’s Pack Meeting the end of April, they held a Space Derby.  I knew about Pinewood Derbies and even Rain-gutter Regattas, but the Space Derby was new to me.  Each boy created a rocket and then they were raced down a fishing line race track.  Rubber bands are added and twisted to give the […]

We knew we were going to buy our new house quite a while before we actually got under contract and started the buying process.  This means that I’ve been packing and “getting ready to move” for months.   Some days I’ve just been tired.  Very, very tired.  Those days have resulted in a few too […]