In all the years that Steve and I have been grandparents, we’ve never babysat all four kids at one time.  For one thing, the opportunity never really came up because our visits to Florida were relatively brief and we all wanted to spend as much time together as possible.…

The past ten days have been all about family.…

When Steve and I had Summer put to sleep last year, we were about to embark on a huge life transition. We knew that getting another dog in the middle of that would not be beneficial to our sanity so we put the idea on hold as we launched into the tumultuous months ahead.…

THING ONE We celebrated Steve’s birthday last Monday and had a grand ol’ time. You all will be proud of us for remembering the birthday hat! I told the family, “If we don’t remember that hat, there will be a few blog readers who will not be happy with us!”…