May 23, 2014
Hooray for Mexican food!
May 22, 2014
Noah’s 13th Birthday was a beautiful day in the Quad Cities. He opened presents in the morning and was thrilled with the loot. He go a cool outfit from Grandma and Grandpa Hottman, MONEY from Aunt JJ and Grandma Tackett, Sequence from Aunt Lori, a desk from Mom and Dad, and lots of clothes including a nice polo from Lily (for his STEM conference). Oh and Lola got him a gift card to his favorite restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings. I…
May 21, 2014
Noah’s last game as a 12 year old! They won, and he had 2 great hits and threw a mean curve ball from the mound.
May 20, 2014
Lola and I went for a long walk by the river while Lily was at volleyball. It made us feel better. And Lola pooped six times.
May 19, 2014
I had to make the decision to euthanize Jack today. He was 14 years old, and he spent those years loving me unconditionally. The least I can do is write a blog about LBJ. We adopted Jack at the age of 6 months from a neighbor when we lived in our first house. Jack didn’t have a good first 6 months, and he was a neurotic dog from the start. Ironically he would wake us up in the middle…
May 18, 2014
Lily, Lacy, and Claire. They have a few things in common…old brothers who play a lot of baseball and a love for swimming pools!
May 17, 2014
Noah did some great pitching at the tournament in Wisconsin. His favorite part of the weekend was playing baseball. He loved the turf fields, and I sure appreciated no dirt or grass stains on his pants. Noah said the fields made him feel like a pro. His second high of the trip was the waterpark with his buddies.
May 16, 2014
We have the pool all to ourselves!!!
May 15, 2014
Just hanging out with this guy. 1 week and he will be 13!
May 14, 2014
My new desk at work!