On July 4th, Steve and I will be married for 12 years. It’s been a fun and wacky ride all this time but we’ve had one constant through it all, and that is our Golden Retriever, Sammy. Sammy, short for Samantha, was about 16 months old when Steve and I had our first date. The [...]

I was talking to a friend yesterday and I told her that it feels like our seasons have been slowly shifting back one month and no longer match up with the calendar. Winter now seems to be January through early April. Spring is starts to show itself from mid-April through June. Summer doesn’t appear until [...]

Gretchen Gotthart Skeldon, a friend from my days at Libbey Inc., died on February 17th after a long battle with breast cancer.  Even though the phrase “one of a kind” can be over used, it really did apply to her. She was kind, beautiful, brilliant, and generous.  She had an unshakable faith in God that [...]

Little Man and Little Miss Throwsafit were both home from school for President’s Day. We all celebrated by sleeping in and having a little party:

It was cacophonous but great fun.

One thing I have always hoped for my kids is that they find an activity that they enjoy doing so much that it becomes a passion for them. Since I never really knew how to go about encouraging them to find an activity without overwhelming them, I just left it alone. While I was trying [...]

We got home earlier this afternoon and had a great time watching the Super Bowl. Yeah Saints!! I’m not a usual New Orleans Saints fan. It’s that I love to see the underdog win.
I enjoyed many of the Super Bowl commercials. Several of them were hilarious, this one in particular

This Snickers ad made me, well, [...]

Of all the photos I’ve taken of the falls this weekend, this is by far my favorite. I even put  my name on it and turned it into my laptop’s desktop background (click image to enlarge).

I look at it and am amazed that I actually took this picture with my little $149 Fuji FinePix. I [...]

I went back to the falls today to get some video. I apologize for all the moving of the camera but it was freezing cold and I did my best to keep my little camcorder still. You can hear the wind in the audio.

I took more images of Niagara Falls today only this time . Not only was it cold but mist rained down on us as I took the photos. But that didn’t make it any less beautiful. Here’s Horseshoe Falls (click the images to enlarge):

Here’s a view of the American Falls.

In this picture I was standing [...]

One of Steve’s Christmas gifts to me was a weekend away to Niagara Falls. We left home yesterday afternoon when my parents arrived at our house to watch the kids and arrived at our hotel around 6:20pm. We’re staying on the Canadian side because there are more activities, casinos, bars, etc. on this side. But [...]