Normally, when we got to the lake to wake board and knee board and ski and tube, that’s what we do.  Sometimes well, and sometimes not so well, but we do them and have fun.  But this past weekend, clearly, we were multi-taskers to the nth degree.  Just look at all the things we managed [...]

Ya’ll.  Seriously.  All I can say is, thank goodness this most recent pregnancy didn’t cause any permanent damage to my bladder, because the following image(s) almost made me WET MYSELF today, I was laughing so hard.  And while that might not be the kindest thing a mother has ever said about her own child, let [...]

Scene in the kitchen, Thursday evening: Kristie: “Blaine, look at this. Is this a tick?” Blaine: “No, that’s just a mole.” Kristie: “I don’t have a mole there … I think it’s a tick.” Blaine: “For pete’s sake, it’s too small to be a tick. It’s teeny tiny. If it was a tick, it would [...]

This time last summer, I was more than ready for school to start and to have some reprieve from the non-stop squabbling that was going on around here. This year, either my kids have been better behaved, or I’ve been buying better-quality liquor to dull the pain. Kidding. They’ve had their moments of total obnoxiousness, [...]

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, fun is ….. Watching a kid, determined to get up on a U-ski …. Especially when he succeeds! And then seeing the same thing happen to the one and only kid who couldn’t manage the U-ski two summers ago, but got up her first try this time! (Well, the first [...]