We made it safely home, all body parts intact and each child accounted for. The entire holiday week went by without a single worry about fever or illness…that was nice. The countdown to Pete’s departure is on. We have 6 days until he has to leave. We have to get him the basics to live [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2007’
3 states in 10 hours
Peter has this deep Clark Griswold streak in him. In case you don’t know who that is, please go rent National Lampoons Vacation and Christmas Vacation…it will all become very clear. So, in keeping with the idea that a holiday is not a holiday until your children have looked at you and thought “Dear Lord, [...]
What I won’t do for my kids
As far as marking things off my Do-Before-You-Die list, I can proudly put a line through “Get trapped in a stadium with 9000 delirious, screaming pre-pubescent girls”. That, of course, ranked smack between “Have white-hot needles stabbed in your retinas” and “Staple a piece of asbestos to my forehead”. Good times! In case you have [...]
Saturday pictures
A couple of pictures from Saturday night’s Evening of Hope with the Brandon Foundation.
Hockey, butter and toys
Friday night we enjoyed another hockey game with some of our fantastic cancer friends from the Children’s Cancer Center. I can honestly say that I never wanted cancer, I wish every day that it was gone from our lives and that we could forget it ever happened. However, it happened, it’s a part of us [...]
