Blog to Google+

I know that I am very slow to adopt some things but, this is just crazy. While I am not known for sharing an awful lot in any social media setting, I do try and post things occasionally on Google+ (sorry Facebook but, I am really done with you). +Eric Holen has been doing this for a while but, I will start linking this blog with my Google+ page so that I will update both. Hopefully, this will allow for more up-to-date content to be shared, even those of you without a Google+ page/profile.

It has been a very long time!!

Well, I can see by the news that was last posted here, it has been too long since we have updated out blog. I will perform a strategic retreat and regroup and see how today's technology might be able to help me post more information here. Hope to see you all back here again, soon.

Abby's First Day

Well, today is officially Abby's first day of Kindergarten and Mom is doing fine. Abby got to meet her teacher last Thursday. They have a couple of hedgehogs in the class (I had never seen a hedgehog before). That was the biggest hit with Abby. Anyway, pictures and maybe some video will follow shortly.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Hope you all enjoy

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It has been awhile

Wow, the month of February has flown by and we have not been very good at posting like we should. After we returned from California, we spent a lot of time just trying to restore some form of "normalcy". We haven't been very successful. My brother, Matt, and his family passed through Texas on their way to California and got to spend about a week visiting with family here. The left here and allowed us to spend the weekend at the time-share that they were using during their visit. It was a very nice place and we all had a wonderful time. When we left there ,Danielle and I commented on how nice it was to have a vacation for the sake of a vacation. We did not have any agenda that we were trying to accomplish. Abigail, took the opportunity to swim in the pool and Danielle got to go visit the spa.

Other than those events, we have just stayed busy with work. My how work seems to just always be there. Hopefully, we will have some opportunity to go do some car shopping. Danielle is in serious need of a new car. For some reason, the two door Honda Civic coupe just doesn't seem sufficient for a family of four. We had to pack every square inch of her trunk just to get us all down to San Antonio for a weekend. The four cars currently on our list are the Honda Odyssey and Pilot and the Toyota Highlander (hybrid) and Sienna. The Odyssey seems to be winning in the polls currently.

I will try and post some pictures soon and get back onto the regular posting onto this site, even if it is just a post to say "Hi". We are off to do the follow up appointment for the tubes that were put into Megan's ears. See, we stay busy all the time.

Hope you are all well.

In Memory of Kathryn Swanson

We have joined family in California to celebrate the life of our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and friend. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Cool New Site

We have just signed up and have started using a menu planning website.  I really like it.  It comes up with a nice menu of great tasting, fast and easy to prepare meals.  It also includes the shopping list broken out by grocery store departments.  They identify how much of each ingredient you need for each different menu item so that you can eliminate the amount you buy of each if you decide to not cook all the meals they had planned for you.  The site is: http://www.dinewithoutwhine.com.  Check it out when you get a chance.