It was a lazy weekend alright. Just the kind we needed. Saturday, we went to the movies with Grandma. We went to Justice and The Loft while we waited for the movie. The theater was empty right until the movie started, when the smart, commercial-avoiding people showed up. Ryan and Grandma left Cars 2 after... Read More →

We were there the week before the earthquake hit, so we DID get to go up the Washington Monument – thanks to Rene, who woke up early to get us tickets! We came back the Thursday before school started and never really recovered from the staying up late and sleeping in we did in DC.... Read More →

It was such a long time ago, Isabel’s 9th Birthday Party. But I have finally managed to go through the pictures and pick my favorite ones – the ones that tell the story. See them here. Read More →

Should we be packing? Maybe. But we spent this day doing completely frivolous things, like getting haircuts, washing the dog, and playing outside. Okay, maybe washing the dog wasn’t exactly frivolous. She stunk, and I wasn’t sending her to the dog sitter that way! And I was not going to spend a week taking pictures... Read More →

From the time when Isabel was a baby, I remember other moms telling me “You just wait…” As in, “You just wait until she starts crawling… It’s so much harder, then.” And “You just wait until she starts walking… It’s impossible.” And “You just wait. Two is so much harder than one. You have no... Read More →

It feels like a long time ago – the first day of school. We have already spent many long nights doing homework. We have already gone into and out of a lice outbreak. We have already had crying fits, tantrums, and flat-out ‘No, I’m NOT going to do my homework!’s. This year we were ‘prepared’... Read More →

It’s so nice having you in town. Read More →

Three months ago, I made a risky move, took a steep pay cut and changed jobs. Actually, though I stayed at the same company, I changed more than jobs – I changed careers, switching from IT App Development to a Marketing position that lets me do everything from press releases to collateral design to strategy... Read More →

Okay, so maybe I took these a month ago. What can I say? These were Isabel’s 9th birthday portraits – taken on June 30th (I even TOOK them late, her birthday’s the 9th!). The delay in posting is largely because these are the first photos on which I used Erin Cobb’s Clean Color editing process.... Read More →

There was reading… Me – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1), Isabel – The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5). There was A LOT of computer playing: Webkinz.com and PBSkids.org. When playing Webkinz on opposite sides of the house, one of the kids will run across and tell the other what... Read More →

Well, in his own mind. For now, he’s busy racking up the “Player of the Day” awards at camp. And after much anticipation, he finally won the “Player of the Week” award last week. So that day, I had to take photos. He was just so excited. (Which is the perfect time to trick a... Read More →

Now, before you all go and send Ryan a letter in the mail, please think of my own personal sanity and well-being; send one to Isabel as well. I do NOT need an angry nine year old in my house any more than I’ve already got one. So, thank you in advance. See, Ryan is... Read More →