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• Time to Reflect

  12/31/2011 in General

  Well, it’s that time of year again. We look back at our accomplishments and failures from last year and strive to do better/more next year.

  Yeah… I’m looking forward to hitting the breaks.

  It’s time for Maria…

• The Independence Revolution has Begun

  12/17/2011 in General

  Well, it happened. Far sooner then I imagined. I knew it would come, perhaps in five or so years, but not today.

  I was wrong.

  Isabella and I went outside to play in this winter’s first snow.…

• Finding Joy in the Small Things

  12/10/2011 in General

  Tonight I remembered how nice the simple things in life can be. We have a tradition in our house of doing Christmas light rides nearly every night from Thanksgiving to New Years, so tonight we…

• The Night the Oven Went Poof

  12/6/2011 in General

  Last night, we experienced something I never thought would happen to us… A kitchen fire. We were prepping for dinner and Maria walked past the stove and noticed flames, sparks, and smoke, oh joy!!

  She called…

• Alone at Night with the Crazies

  11/30/2011 in General

  It seems crazy how life takes twists and turns. I sit here in the dark, rocking my snoring son Noah to sleep for the fifth time tonight. Thoughts race through my head on how life…