Posted in cringy moments, family on July 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My mom grew up going to church, but she had given up on organized religion by the time I was a kid. Despite this fact, my mom is often baffled by how little her children know about religion.
Last week, my mom, sister and niece visited. Each night they were here, my four year old [...]
Posted in family on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
First off, I have to share this beautiful sunset picture that I took from our front porch the other day. It’s been so nice to leave work and have it not be pitch black outside. I am finally starting to think that spring is just around the corner. The tulip and cherry [...]
Posted in family, knitting, travel on December 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Is it just me or do the holidays always seem like they’ll be better than they actually are? For the last ten days, Evan and I have been on the road, visiting family through Washington and Oregon. For me and my control freak ways, it has been difficult to give up nearly all [...]
Posted in Evan, family, travel on November 21, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Around this time of year, Evan started obsessively checking the weather forecast for central Oregon. His extended family has gathered there for the last twenty-seven years. I have very much enjoyed joining his family tradition, cooking for the masses, drinking good wine and playing board games or cards, and sitting curled up with [...]
Posted in family, travel on September 9, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I wanted to write a little bit about my trip to Oregon last week. I’d been feeling really homesick and it was good to see both the friends and family I had been missing. What was especially interesting was that we spent a couple of nights over the weekend staying at Evan’s parents [...]
