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the kids are, as always, thrilled to be photographed.

As summer quickly approaches, we’re putting together plans for this year’s adventure. Last year it was Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. This year it will be the western states. I’m still nailing down an itinerary and places to sleep, I have the route pretty well decided on. Have any recommendations on where to go and what &hellip Continue reading »

We made it out of Bangkok via train on Tuesday morning and spent the next eight hours choo-chooing down to a small city called Surat Thani. The kids slept nearly half the time, which was good for them (and me). Audrey was kind enough to let me borrow her lap for a bit and I, &hellip Continue reading »

The passports have arrived and we’re all quite excited. When the last one arrived yesterday, A said “Now, if we had lots of money for the plane, we could just go to help now.” Theoretically: yes. But we’ve lots to do still.

We’ve got a new baby in the family! My youngest sister had her second child yesterday–a boy they named Alexander Paul. I’m an auntie 8 times over now. How fun is that?! To make it blog related…. I will have to figure out a way to see the babe before we leave the States.

Migraines, financial ghosts from the past and last-minute homework are disturbing my plans and I don’t like it.

So it seems that word is getting out to family that I hadn’t intended to inform of our plans quite yet. First my ex-in-laws found out when their son (the kids’ father) emailed them, excited about our trip. Oops. So I brought it up and explained it to everyone at the dinner table a few &hellip Continue reading »

Thursday After meeting up with a woman about a new job I’m taking on (reviewing family movies), I headed off to school, then work at OLI to make some copies, then back to get the kids out of school early so we could get to the passport office and in line before 3:30pm. We made &hellip Continue reading »

Having to deal with the rules regarding proof that the kids are mine alone has been more work than I figured it would be. I’ve visited the court house twice; the first time, the fellow there had no idea what I would need to provide proof. The second time was today and I knew what &hellip Continue reading »