Hey, remember ROLLER SKATING????
Today we went to Skate World to attend a birthday party for one of Urban’s friends. The last time I was in a roller rink was when some friends and I went to our high school Christmas formal in 10th or 11th grade—how sad that I can’t even remember which, but in [...]
Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
17 Jan
Blast from the Past
23 Dec
Dear Friends,
Happy Holidays!
I hope you are all ready for Christmas—or at least feeling at peace about your current level of “readiness.” We here at Echowood are ready and very excited (the kids especially, of course). This is actually something of an oddity for us—to feel and be ready for Christmas when it comes. Ever since [...]
4 Nov
Just a Few (Mostly) Non-Political Ramblings on Election Day
Hi Everyone!
Would you believe that 38% of registered Florida voters had already voted prior to Election Day? Crazy. Brian and I had originally planned to vote early—to avoid long lines—but discovered the “long lines” were at the early polling places. Thanks to all those who did vote early, we were able to walk in to [...]
1 Nov
How Was Your Halloween?
Hope it was a fun one!
We had a good time here. Brian and the boys carved a jack-o-lantern. We took a family vote to decide whether to give our pumpkin a happy face or a scary one. I was the big loser—totally outnumbered! But look at that expression. Wouldn’t you [...]
21 Oct
About the Family Camp-Out Weekend
Dear Friends,
I’m back! So, I thought I’d tell you a bit about our camp-out. This was for the Cub Scouts family camping weekend, at a campground owned and (sort of) run by the Boy Scouts. I say “sort of run” because nobody seems to actually “run” it—it’s all volunteers, which is nice, but causes [...]
27 Aug
One Thing ‘Fay’ Did…
Was knock down this tree in our yard. More like, “pull it out by the roots,” actually. It knocked over the fence and fell straight across our neighbor’s swimming pool. Amazingly, it was just short enough that it didn’t hit their house—just sort of “brushed” it. (This tree is bigger than [...]
26 Aug
Three!
Last night we celebrated our youngest son, Levi’s, birthday. He was so cute blowing out his candles and opening gifts.
I can’t believe he is three years old now. It seems like he was born yesterday…..and at the same time, it’s hard to remember a time when he was not a part of our family.
We’d [...]
14 Aug
It was a lovely day!
Thank you, friends, for your kind wishes on my birthday. As the first day of being “the perfect age,” it was quite nice!
It poured rain much of the day, so we nixed any plans to go out and about and opted to stay at home instead.
Brian made a delicious dinner of meatloaf and mashed [...]
13 Aug
The Perfect Age
It’s my birthday!
A few weeks ago, I expressed to my mom a kind of dread of turning 35. She replied that she had found 35 to be a very nice age. “The perfect age,” she called it.
Her reasoning: “At 35, you’re still young, but you’ve also had some experience, and you’re old [...]
15 Jul
13 Years Ago….
Brian and I often go have lunch or dinner at McDonald’s for our anniversary—after all, it is where we met. But after all the traveling we’ve been doing, neither of us is exactly in the mood to either drive anyplace or eat fast food. Still, we do have to pick [...]
