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Honor, respect, courage – the stories of war

A newspaper led off with an article about contemplating the “forgotten war” today. For many Americans, no war is ever forgotten. How to pay tribute to the fallen when your own vet is away from home? Find a memorial, tell the story, pay tribute with your time and a token. I took the boys on [...]

Ben’s birthday campout

We had such a wonderful time together – lots of laughs, peace and quiet, the sounds of birds dancing in our ears, clouds drifting by high above the trees, and cool breezes at night. Enjoy the pictures and little vignettes from our trip by clicking the photo above Funny side note from last night – [...]

Happy 2nd Birthday, Ben!

Thanks to great friends who have kids about the same ages as ours, we were able to enjoy a relaxed beach party to kick off the weekend. The party continues on Monday and Tuesday when I take the boys camping And TODAY is my brother’s birthday – I am so happy that Ben and Doug [...]

Clean like a Marine!

rosemary volcano bread

We had a good day today – went for an early bike/run around the fish ponds, with lots of discussions about fish, whether they go to school or not, how many grades of fish go to school in the ponds (Sam says 10 grades, from age 5 to 15), getting to see “hurry hurry!” at [...]