The past few nights, Darah has fallen asleep in our bed. At some point one of us will pick Darah up and bring her to her own bed in her own room, and she always remains fast asleep. But lately she’s been quietly sneaking back into our bed in the middle of the night. We [...]
Amy made the following holiday video of us at Jib Jab and then surprised us with it.
Whether it counted as a White Christmas or not, we had 2-3 inches of snow on the ground the day after Christmas and the kids loved it.
Ed returned from Afghanistan and then took some short R & R on the Georgia coast. He returned from Georgia with a present for Maegan and Darah… twenty creepy legs! Maegan and Darah now each have their own hermit crabs. Looks like I’ll need to be learning how to take care of hermit crabs.
Yesterday was Darah’s first day of preschool. She did great. Here’s a short video. (Sorry, that’s all I have for a story.)
Darah is a very happy child. A very VERY happy child. Everything is wonderful. Everything is the best. And she loves everything and everybody. Do you remember the episode of Friends when Alec Baldwin played Parker, Phoebe’s overly optimistic date. Parker was amazingly impressed by everything he saw, going so far as to say that [...]
Darah’s new obsession is playing Nintendogs on Maegan’s Nintendo DS while she’s been at camp. Meanwhile there are real dogs in the house that she can play with (Hunter is with us for two weeks).
On Sunday we all attended the wedding vows renewal of Lorena and Carlos. They held their re-wedding at Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, NC. Carrigan Farms (or at least this part of it) is an old abandoned granite quarry that has been re-purposed into an outdoor events facility. Pine trees surround the site. The area which [...]
Darah was trying to show me earlier tonight that she can do a somersault… or at least what she thought was a somersault. Hilarious! I think one of the reasons I think this is so hilarious is because it reminds me of the fainting goats.