Just for Fun

  • Summertime Confessions

    1. For the first time in the whole life, I have a tan. Not a sunburn. A real tan. 2. I started the Couch-2-5K program last week to help tone up this summer.…

  • Cars 2 Weekend

    This past weekend, we took the fam to Downtown Disney for a promotional event for the upcoming Cars 2 movie. Bean is a professional Cars fan. He has the t-shirt, the PJs, the…

  • Snapshots

    A couple weeks ago, my BFF, the Pioneer Woman, did a blog post about one of her favorite iPhone apps. Instagram is like Twitter, but you’re sharing pictures instead of status updates. Because…

  • When the Kids Go to Bed

    I wish I could say that when Chris gets home from work, the house is quietly anticipating his happy arrival. I wish I could say that we are all clean and pretty and…

  • In My Dreams

    Sunday night, I had a very vivid dream that Chris and I were breaking up. We weren’t married and we didn’t have kids, but it was still awful. Chris was the one initiating…

  • Sunday Funday

    This weekend we got out and about. Thank goodness. I was getting cabin fever just sitting around the house, so it was nice to be going and doing things. Saturday we ran boring…

  • Vignettes of My Husband

    One time when he was in grad school, Chris was working on this show that was designed by Maurice Sendak (author of Where the Wild Things Are).  This show had a woman dressed…

  • Hooray for Easter!

    Easter is my favorite holiday. I love it because of what it celebrates – the resurrection of Christ. And I love it for what it symbolizes – new beginnings. I love this time…

  • A Funny Little Story

    This weekend Chris and I took Bean to the Orlando Science Center for a day of Big Boy fun.  In the exhibit about weather and the earth, I took a minute to sit…

  • Because It’s Friday

    Because it’s Friday and I can’t think of anything else to say this week… And because we all know you guys are just here to see cute baby pictures… And because Gracie finally…