As I looked back on the pictures from the month of January, there were two common themes across almost every picture. (1) Food. (2) Smiles from eating food. Seems like the surefire way to a smile in our house is a well cooked meal shared with friends. I think that means we’re doing alright! As…
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Happy Christmas from Stafford
Our (at least my) favorite time of year is upon us! The calendar flipped to the month of December and had in store for us plenty of down time and even some visitors from Minnesota. We started the month with a search for the perfect tree. Never an easy task… The big debate this year…
The good kind of madness: Family Time!
As we rounded the corner of summer and life ran full-speed into fall, we still had some question marks on the schedule for the upcoming holiday season. Lucky for us, the Tetris blocks fell into place a few weeks ago for us to host a grand Thanksgiving celebration. We were thrilled to have visitors from…
Spooky Stafford
October was a busy month with quite the ghoulish end. Not because anything hauntingly bad happened but just because, you know – Halloween – it happens every October. When it comes to Halloween, I share the same sentiments as my dad… Halloween has to be the worst “holiday” of the year… gimme gimmie, free candy……
It’s the 10th of August Again
Fifth time that the stars continue to align. Hardly an accident but it is starting to get a little hard to see the picture in the picture in the picture…
Brand new address; same great place called HOME.
Move #9 under the belt. Not something we were excited to complete but we hatched a plan and executed when the time was right. Being that this was a move around the corner, we shuttled most of our stuff south a carload or two at a time. Our schedules were a little wonky this month…
Staring Summer with a Big Swing
All sorts of action going on this June. School is winding down. Work is… well, not winding down… but… we managed to squeeze in a trip to the Mecca of Summer (San Diego of course!) nonetheless. What could be a better start to June than that you ask? How about winning the Alexandria Little League…
Shreddin’ Out West
3/4 of the Wiktors continue to be proud members of the Epic family and the other quarter of us ain’t no stranger to a relaxing time in the mountains with family. I have become pretty rigid in my ski trip requirements that I use as planning factors. No weekend or holiday skiing. Must stay on…
A Quiet Month
After the busy holidays [and a quick trip to SoCal in January], February proved to be a pleasantly slow month. We savored our family dinners, weekend outings, and fun moments around the house. Lucy continued to live the life of Lucy which involves sleep interrupted by the occasional walk, snack, or tail wag. I did…
Happy Twenty Fo!
New Year. Same Us. We couldn’t be happier so why change? Maybe the only break from tradition was NOT showing a re-run of the NYC Ball Drop at 10pm in an attempt to fool the kids into thinking they made it to midnight… This year, we all made it to 12:01.Well done crew.Ramen for all…