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

This September, we took the 18 hour trek down to our annual beach destination - Captiva Island, Florida. This was our 6th year to go there and the 3rd year in this particular house. We look forward to this trip each year in ways you can't imagine. It might seem dull to return to the same place every year, and ordinarily, I would...Read More