Dear Alex So 12 years snuck up on me. 12 years means 7 th grade. Junior high. Eek. A big adjustment that every family goes through. It ...

11th trip around the sun...  ------------------------------------------------------- got a great photo for (nearly) wordless w...

Dear Alex As your birthday approaches and I sit to write the yearly birthday letter I think back to the adventures you’ve had without m...

In honor of Alex's 10th birthday I thought I'd write a little top ten list in his honor... 1. He puts up with an insane amount of ...

So this is the weekend that I've been dreading for months. All of the extracurriculars descended on us for an overly scheduled weekend. ...

Hey remember our old buddy Brock Eastman? We met him a few times before to talk about his other books. Well he's back to answer some que...

We appreciate all the feedback we've gotten about our struggles to adjust to our new family dynamics. Thanks for all your thoughts and p...

This is my 9 year old. He's been studying architectural design this week. We found a fantastic book full of design projects for kids his...

In Heaven, everyone will have their own swimming pool. Alex's will have a fountain that he can make water balloon turtles with. We will...

My Alex recently decided to give me my very first performance review. As in how my ratings are with the 8 year old demographic . Since I sco...

(Self Portrait, by Alex) Today we have a guest blogger. Alex has taken over the reigns today so that I can work elsewhere. Ahem. Hi Alex, h...

I recently cleaned out the kids dressers in an attempt to make room for the new stuff they got for Christmas. After sorting out all the stuf...

At our most recent den meeting for Alex's boy scout troop The Powers That Be decided it was time for the boys to learn how to use power ...

After I was up all night with a sick Louisa I could use a little chuckle. I thought you could to. These are from a few days ago. I don'...

Today is a very speial day indeed. My little buddy Alex is 8 years old. On one hand I think, " has it really been 8 years already ?...