It seems this has been a week of significant milestones for this humble little blog. I published my 2000th post a few days ago. And then this weekend marked the 10th anniversary…or “blogiversary”…of this blog. I want to thank you again for sticking with me. It’s been quite a ride, hasn’t it? Over this ten…
Thanksgiving is almost upon us. I’m looking forward to the turkey and the cheesy veggie casserole that used to be a staple at Grandmama’s family dinners, and the mashed potatoes and the desserts. I’m also looking forward to spending time with my family. I hope you are, too! In the spirit of the season and…
Mihret’s Kindergarten class has a pet fish. Her name is Sparkles. Each weekend, a different classmate gets to bring Sparkles home and record the adventures she has in a traveling notebook. Sparkles came home with Mihret on Friday. Aiden and Alyson were away at a church retreat for middle and high school students. So we…
Well, the Hoosiers wound up losing again. That’s the fourth IU game in a row that I’ve attended and they’ve lost. Like most of those other games, this game should have been winnable. If only Indiana could have made a stop or two. But they really didn’t. It was kind of like they were shocked…
I’ve already discussed how much our family loved Sea World and how Cocoa Beach helped me realize that I’m not a big fan of beaches. We also visited two other parks as part of our Sea World experience: Aquatica and Busch Gardens. Aquatica We had fun there. Spent half a day playing in the water, which…
I have to admit that I as a little apprehensive about bypassing the land of Mickey & Co. and spending the majority of our time at Sea World/Aquatica/Busch Gardens. Yes, everyone had agreed with this decision. Yes, I knew it would be a better fit for our family. Yes, I knew the crowds would be…
Before I recount our Florida expedition, I need to take a moment and explain the long journey that brought us to last week’s excursion. Sometime in 2012, Dave told us that he wanted to take our family and Christy’s sister’s family down to Florida for a giant family vacation. We found a house to share….
Remember a few weeks ago when I said I was taking Aiden to Winter Jam that weekend? Well…that didn’t happen. Stupid snow forced us to reschedule our trip. I picked Aiden up after school on Friday and we made the trip to Cincinnati to rock out with 10,000 of our closest friends at US Bank Arena so…
We drove to Bloomington yesterday for Aiden’s first-ever participation in Solo and Ensemble. We had a little bit of extra time after his performance, so I took him over to the athletic facilities at IU. My original hope was that Cook Hall would be open and we’d be able to take a quick tour of…
Monster Jam is coming to Indianapolis next week. If you have a child that has any interest in trucks at all, this is the event for them. It’s also worth spending the extra cash to attend the Pit Party. This post shows you why… NASCAR could learn a little bit from Monster Jam. When I…