Did you ever see the movie Dangerous Games?  Starring Michelle Pfeifer? (Whatever happened to her, by the way?) There's a song in it that says, This is my life.... and that's the soundtrack to this post.  These little pictures capture vignettes of what compose my life. Dorien aka Dark Vader chilling in bed with Wyeth popping by to say hello. One of...Read More

Bringing you up to date on our family requires a recap of our Halloween costumes! Last year, August and Dorien were rockers - specifically Bon Jovi and Eddie Van Halen. Since Brooklyn felt left out of the rocker theme last year, she decided (last year) that THIS year would be her rocker year. And her rocker of choice was Pat Benatar. We had...Read More

This past October,  my high school graduating class held its 20th reunion. I had no intention of going, until I received an email from Claudia, a friend I hadn't seen since our graduation. This friend was a German exchange student our senior year, and we were really good friends. Except that we hadn't seen each other in 20 years because she returned to...Read More

Meet my son, August.  He's 7 years old and stinkin smart and talented and sensitive and just all around good looking.  And he plays tennis when he's not keeping the peace around our house in his official capacity as cowboy law-man. Just recently, we signed him up for an under-8 Jr. Tennis league. He is now an official USTA member. He has been...Read More

What does it take to transform this super cute, happy, smiling (NEWLY 2 YEAR OLD!) into the picture you see below?? A really nasty case of CROUP. That's what. My poor little baby started running a fever last Thursday night and woke up on Friday with a barking seal cough to go along with his fever. It was unmistakably croup. His voice was also...Read More

In the evenings, we played games, read books, and I worked on knitting projects! I apologize for the sideways nature of this picture, but I love how cute Wyeth looks, slinking down in the chair! At home for a lunch break before heading back out for more sunshine and salt water! August, Brooklyn and Dorien would play "I spy" using the chart of...Read More