School started really late here, it seems, compared to everyone else, but it finally did start!  Ella is now in second grade, and Alex star...

As a last hurrah to summer we went with some friends to visit the Jelly Belly Factory! It has a free tour you can take to see how they ma...

Anton's and my anniversary is on Tuesday.  It'll be eight years since we said our I do's.  Unfortunately, our anniversary falls ...

I haven't blogged about the kids' or my birthdays this year, so I thought I'd do a quick overview of them all at once! Ella...

Ella is doing great!  The girl who ran into my bedroom Thursday morning was so not the girl I left at the hospital Wednesday night.  She get...

So I'm hanging out in the hospital with Ella today.  She had her tonsils and adenoids out this morning and tubes put in her ears.  She...

Living as "close" as we do to San Francisco (about an hour drive and a $5 bridge toll) and after listening to the kids beg to see ...