It is with heavy hearts and blurry eyes we are sharing our heart wrenching loss of our beloved, Owen. He left our family the same way he came into it: suddenly and with little notice. It was a sharp turn of events in his health, with noticeable signs leading up to it (in hindsight), that we [Read more…]
Sony Open for Spring Break
We just returned from a spring break in Miami to see the Sony Open Tennis Tournament! When your kids play competitive sports; vacations tend to revolve around the sport’s tournament schedule. Which made the Sony Open a tournament that did not have us pacing behind the courts worried about double faults, tie breakers, down a set scores or [Read more…]
Happy Valentine’s Day to Me from Me
Happy Valentine’s Day to me. The running joke in my family is mom (me) buys what she(me) really wants for any particular holiday. I found no amount of online shopping links or texts of images resulted in anything remotely close to the gift suggestion. And, before I get hate mail I am not that picky for a Valentine’s Day gift [Read more…]
My son dresses like a thug
Um… this was a photo of my son that was snapped while on fall break in Beaver Creek. Now when I think of Beaver Creek I think Banana Republic or J Crew attire. My first thought when I viewed the text photo on my phone: “He looks like a terrorist.” But I toned it down [Read more…]
Is my daughter on the Do Not Fly List?
Our daughter is a freshman at a mid-west university. She came home for her spring break because she knows we miss her so much we will pay for new shoes, spring clothes, hair cut (and color correction from an impulse hair color box purchase) , eye appointment, meals and Target. But who knew an 87 [Read more…]
Funny Solution to when the SI swim suit issue arrives
We subscribe to both Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated Kids because I will subscribe to {most} magazines if it encourages my kids to read. Anything sports related gets my boys’ attention. Apparently, sports isn’t the only thing that gets their attention. Imagine my surprise while sorting through the mail and I was face to face [Read more…]