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……
A birthday recap: Will turns 12!
Better late than never…at least this time I’m hitting publish on this post in the same calendar year! Despite the delay in photos showing up here, we never miss an opportunity to celebrate the kids on their big day. I love birthdays even more when I’m not the one blowing out the candles – a…
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…
A new era
Sophia turned 13 and with that it feels like we’ve officially entered a new era of parenting – the teenage years! Fortunately she continues to take things pretty easy on us and unlike the stereotypical teenager who is embarrassed to be seen with their parents, she still seems to think we’re pretty cool…we think! Twelve…
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…
Turkey Time
We were lucky enough to host Thanksgiving in Alexandria this year. With Carolyn’s crew back on the East Coast, Northern Virginia is once again a “good, sort of in-between and convenient to travel to” location for the holiday weekend. The Clays road tripped from Rhode Island, the Wiktors flew from St. Paul and one Mumsie…