Best Friends: A Boy and His Dog

What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with a bruncheon at Perona Farms, the restaurant where Patrick and I had our wedding reception almost 13 years ago! After all, without that wedding, of which the reception following was a part, we would not have been celebrating Father’s Day with our two little ones this…

Our family has a heart for Kenya and her people. My Mom has traveled to Kenya on mission trips three times; my Dad went for the first time this past summer, and was quite taken with the people, their hospitality, and their strong Christian faith. The kids and I sponsor a little boy in Kenya…

Black Swallowtail Caterpillars on the parsley in our butterfly garden! Truth be told, they are on the parsley we never quite got around to planting in our butterfly garden, but we’re still excited as this means the butterflies are here; they’ve found our butterfly garden! 9/05/08 – Alas, the parsley has been eaten to the…

I dislike last minute plans. I am, always have been, and likely always will be a planner; I need plenty of notice and sufficient time to plan for whatever activity is in the works. I know this about myself, so why is it that I am unable to either avoid last minute plans or to…

We found this giant zucchini at a farm stand while in New Jersey last week. It cost $1.50, not per pound – total! (Zucchini here at home runs about $1.99 a pound!) We are going to make zucchini bread this weekend: several loaves, I’d say!

After an unwitting holdout (we really didn’t know what Webkinz were), two Webkinz have joined our family: a dalmatian named Missy and a frog named Patrick Frog. The boys spent the good part of today registering their new friends, setting up their animals’ rooms, and shopping for their new pets. Shopping for “my Missy” was…