Monthly Archives: August 2008

Gustav Sucks

Gone to the beach with Scott’s side of our family, not this beach, but a beach just the same. Be back in time to evacuate. Gustav, you are really messing up our Labor Day. Thanks for that! Love, Christi

Down and Dirty

We have a hill in our backyard that the boys love to roll down. Front rolls, back rolls, sideways… it doesn’t matter. Christian, Jackson, Mitchell and Andrew were all rolling today. They were having a blast. Look how red Jackson’s face was. Rolling is hard work. Rolling turned into tackling and before I knew it...

Meet the Teacher

Jackson is supposed to start school next week, provided that Gustav doesn’t blow us away. Yesterday we went up to his school and met his new teacher. Her name is Ms. Stacy, and she is VERY nice. Jackson hid his face and closed his eyes a lot when she talked to him. Jackson is just...

Grandma’s House

Today we sold my grandmother’s house. She hasn’t lived in it for years, but it was still her house with her things in it, and that was somehow comforting. She bought it after my grandfather died, and shortly before I was born. When I was little I stayed with her during the week while my...

Back in Action

It stopped raining. I can’t believe it. I swear it’s rained every day for a year. Maybe not, but it feels like it. My kids were so happy to go outside finally, that we stayed for about 3 hours. Poor things, fresh air deprived. Christian has this little skinny hit stick and a bag full...