Once again, Kyle spends some quality time with the kids while managing to create something unique. ...Read More

In an attempt to lighten our spirits this weekend,  I hope this little video put together by Kyle will do the trick. ...Read More

It's all too easy in today's world of flicking back and forth between blogs and lives and pretty pictures and cute stories and funny quips, to believe that life really is as cute and presentable and...containable... as it appears to be in the flat, pixilated screens through which we view these lives.  Many of the blogs we read are operated like online journals...Read More

I am happy to say that I have an update on the situation with our cat, Aesop. All was quiet on the cat front Monday and most of Tuesday, despite the fact that Kyle had called the other family and hoped to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement. Meanwhile, Aesop continued to appear at our house at his usual intervals, eating his food,...Read More

Today during school, we had a little visitor (Story Mae) whose mom, Holly, had a birth to attend. She's about a year younger than Dorien and the two of them had a great time making castles and towers while the older kids finished their school work. And when it was time to pick up the school stuff, I asked Dorien for some help....Read More

We have a cat named Aesop.  A solid black, smallish cat whom we've had since my Grandma Barbara gave him to us about a year and a half ago. Since we got him as a kitten, he was an indoor cat for about 3 months until we discovered that he was very loud, particularly at 4:30 in the morning. He also got very...Read More