Kyle and I have been deliberating for well over a year about purchasing a new couch. It's time. (And yes, that's my blankie on the couch). The couch we currently have is the first one I purchased as a new home owner - just before Kyle and I got married. It has been a great couch - serving us well. It used to...Read More

Another culinary first. Yes, I am adventurous in the kitchen to the point of disaster sometimes. And as my friends know, I love recipes with lots of ingredients. It makes my competitive nature shine forth. No recipe will defeat me!!! That's not entirely true...I have failed before...but at least I've tried, right? So I'm supposed to bring a snack-like item to a game...Read More

About 2 years ago, I planted into this little bed the tiniest pots of hydrangeas sold at Lowe's. Two pots - with the hope they would grow to their potential and fill this space. The first year, they looked so lonely and premature. But they have done well. They surely must be at full size, and their blooms are second to none! I...Read More

The girls...not sure if this already made it up or not.An unusual beach activity - dig the deepest hole you possibly can.A posturing crab.Michael goes one on one with the crab. ...Read More

It's so good to know that I am loved. Particularly by my beautiful, smiley, chattery, drooly, jabbering bundle of little boy. I am so wrapped around his fingers. It's so good to know that I am loved. Particularly by my beautiful, smiley, chattery, drooly, jabbering bundle of little boy. I am so wrapped around his fingers. ...Read More

Happy BirthdayI know, it's so cliche and I swear, Whit, I will never do it again, but as a post title, it's only too perfect right now. Because he's sweet, a baby and named James. Ah, so so sweet. It doesn't always happen that you push a baby through a birth canal and he emerges looking beautiful, but James did. Is. Truly a...Read More

I want to welcome into the world James Alan, the brand new son of my good friend, Whitney. Her new baby boy arrived around 1:00pm and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. He was 19.5 inches long.Whitney and I worked together at DD&F until I had Brooklyn and decided to stay home with her. Now, she and I work together sporadically, and I miss...Read More

Chad and Melissa engrossed in their books - a common Dennis past-timeCloser to the water, Zach find himself covered up. ...Read More

She loves her some Daddy.Taking in the great beyond.Just one thing at a time. ...Read More

The best light of the day is when the sun is sinking into the ocean, and it changes the light constantly. We refused to dress up in white and khaki, but everyone did take a lot of pictures.A sweet moment between DD & AugustAugust & Tio MikeyA Perfect ProfileFamily photo - mid-bite!Family photo - teeth retractedMy sweet sonSome great guys.Grandparents and grandbabiesAuntie Rachel...Read More

The whole week on Captiva, we only watched the sunset one evening. We were too busy eating and playing the other nights!Going...Going...Poof! Gone... ...Read More

The cards handed out for the murder mystery game - I was Dr. Laura Maitland, and incidentally...the MURDERER!Everyone discussing their theories and grilling each other about alibies and motives...it was so much fun and a great idea by Chad and Melissa. ...Read More

Brooklyn insisted on a book during her nap, and then promptly fell asleep,still holding the book open to her page. ...Read More