Hockey with Fitz

Love of the game! Fitz loves hockey. He said to me the other night, “tell me the name of a team and a player number, and I will tell you their name!”. And we had some fun doing that. So we went to the Oilers’ Skills Competition. ‘This was on Sunday afternoon, and I think…

Long distance grandparents

Back when we were young parents (think pre-cell phones, pre-Oprah, pre-cd’s, pre-iPod, pre-911…well you get it) my parents went to live in the UK for 3.5 years.  They were long distance grandparents.  My Mom did some neat things to keep in touch and to create memories for our kids. Now it seems it is our…

Rachel and her new mattress

In the midst of a very busy day with many deadlines looming this wonderful picture arrived!  Here’s sweet Rachel on her new mattress beaming away like she just got an invitation to ride a pony.  You can see she’s on the quilt that Wendy made her after she was born.  Each of those squares has…