this year was different. for the past few years (and even dating back to some of the years before we went on the road), we have hosted easter, along with a pretty epic egg hunt. it’s obviously evolved over the last almost two decades. this year, the “kids” are 21, 19, 18, almost 16, and […]
family
marching along.
look at me. catching up this blog. again. always. eye roll at myself. here’s some stuff that happened in march. (it wasn’t super eventful). we kicked off the month with a championship game for hazel’s baskeball team. i think they went undefeated this season and they won in the finals in a very exciting game. […]
twin meet and greet.
my baby brother and his baby mama (wife), who already have two young boys, decided(?) to have a third kiddo. and, well, that ended up being a third and fourth kiddo. since i am no longer beholden to the chaos of nursing school, when spring break rolled around, we packed up the posse and headed […]
two christmases (actual and swedish).
just like every other morning here in my late forties, on december 25th, i awakened at 430 am or so. it worked out nicely, because i hadn’t done the stockings the night before, so i had PLENTY of time to do that and still savor (many) a cup of coffee. in the dark. in the […]
thanksgiving, etc.
this year, we made the executive decision not to travel to western new york for thanksgiving. it’s just a lot to get us all up there for such a quick trip in the middle of this busy season and with unpredictable weather conditions. when i told my mom we weren’t coming, she decided that they […]
my henry david thoreau birthday.
in what has now become an annual ritual, i spent the weekend of my forty ninth birthday on a solo tent camping excursion in the woods of hanging rock state park. after i dropped off the kids at school on friday, i came home and packed up the cherokee for her inaugural trip to this […]
another summer in batavia.
after a perfectly lovely week in the adirondacks, a quick little ride out to orchard park, we finally settled in batavia for a few days. on the morning of july fourth, we awakened to perfect conditions for a full day of celebrating our nation’s independence. we had gotten in pretty late the night before, so […]
rich stadium. aka: the ralph, highmark.
as soon as we settled on the dates for our summer trip to ny, i immediately hit the bills website to see if there were any public tours of their stadium that we could attend during our stay. turns out, there absolutely was and we booked it. (it made for a very long travel day […]
the end of elementary….
the last lidkid, hazelnut, is done with elementary school. our k-5 years were pretty non-traditional… a few years of public school at two different elementary schools for ike, followed by several years of road school and home school for all three kiddos. but, the final three years of elementary school for hazel were spent at […]
easter twentytwentyfiver.
we hosted the easter festivities at our (stupid new house) again this year. which was obviously just my big fat excuse to make one million easter themed treats and sweets. despite plans to make two cakes and decorate sugar cookies with the girls, i decided it would be necessary to also make massive brown butter […]