animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

more socialization

My parents watched Jake a couple of days this week so I asked them if they wanted to stay for dinner one night. Tonight worked best for them, so we had a little cookout this evening. Nothing fancy–just burgers (and the fixin’s), kielbasa, and some of my famous freezer pickles. …

mackay’s baptism

We spent much of this weekend on the road as we trekked to upstate New York in order to attend our nephew’s baptism. We left here after lunch on Saturday and arrived around 6:30pm. After getting settled in at the hotel, we went over to Jenn (Brian’s sister) and Bill’s …

family reunion

Today, we went to Portage for my family reunion. It was a pretty laid back affair this year. Jake had a lot of fun playing with his distant cousins. Brian and I just hung out and relaxed the whole time. Brian’s really going to have to start taking his camera …