the first shift of my family (mom, sister, niece) arrived last wednesday morning. then, on friday, we took a RIDICULOUSLY long trip to the airport to pick up my stepdad and brother, who had been delayed, bumped, rerouted and needed three flights over the course of 9 hours to get here. (ps. it takes about […]
when people visit us
gingerbread boys
last week, for thanksgiving, the new york family traveled down for some festivities. we kept it pretty low key and easy. on thanksgiving day, we went out to michaels and picked up a gingerbread man decorating kit on the cheap and jake and isaac did a fantastic job of decorating them…
Jake is here!!
Jake was dropped off this morning by rob and his girlfriend who are passing through to south carolina and graciously agreed to transport the extra cargo…
do you smellllll what the rock is cookin’?
for christmas, jake received tickets to go see the wwe (formerly the wwf) in charlotte. derek and terry also got tickets. secretly, i think they were pretty excited. 🙂anyhoo, i helped jake with these signs: derek sent this picture from his phone, in between a long string of twitter updates:
family visit
late tuesday night (early wednesday morning, actually), my parents and jake rolled into town. since then, it’s been a festival of eating, playing the wii, more eating, shopping, cooking, eating, gifts, and eating. here’s jake and isaac contributing their strongest skills to the cooking: on christmas, isaac wasn’t as interested in getting gifts as […]
family visit, in pictures
i didn’t take very many pictures when my family was in town, but here are some of the few. isaac, not really looking for easter eggs: our easter egg artwork: isaac’s sweet new ride: jake is looking for an elusive (and well hidden egg), while isaac tries to climb the slide with […]
family visit update: text only version
so far… 1. we all went to kernel kustard for two meals.2. my mom and i shopped at various discount stores (once upon a child, plato’s closet, rugged warehouse).3. jake, mom and i shopped at a more fancy store: target!4. we all took the boys (isaac and jake) to the park.5. mom, jake and i […]
guitar hero holidays
here’s some shots of the family over the holidays.it was a little bit depressing…