We had a wonderful Christmas day at Kelley Ridge as you will see from the pictures. We had been to the cathedral in Lexington for midnight Mass after gathering with the Clan for oyster stew at the Hall. On the next morning Brendan and Caitlan finished putting the last ornaments on the tree and rearranged […]

It was pouring and Ian was snoring when I left the HALL this morning at 6. It has continued to rain, off and on, all day. I hope it gets this out of its system before we start driving to Chi-town tomorrow night. I hate to drive at night in the rain. We got Ian’s […]

I’ve decided to write short blog posts. Maybe I’ll write every day that way. I am heading across the pond on Wednesday. I promise to let you know about the wonderful trip that Caitlan, Kyle and I are going to take. Anyway, here are a few highlights from this weekend and the past two months: […]

Well, there was the wonderful trip to Hawaii. Then the summer turned into “moving the kids.” We came back, had a wonderful wedding celebration with Michelle and Nic, and then went through things in the basement so that Ian could gather his stuff into one room before returning to Hawaii for the last time. We […]

JEDAW: Just Read:LIGHT FROM HEAVEN Karon HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Rowling Currently Reading: WHAT JESUS MEANT Wills THE LAMB’S SUPPER Hahn BCA: Just Read: A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY Vigne THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY Chesterton ALTERED CARBON Morgan CASTLEVIEW Wolfe Currently Reading: MAINSPRING Lake ICA: Just Read: ANANSI BOYS Gaiman Currently Reading: […]

Another slideshow. Go to my blogroll and click on the pictures link if you want to see them better.

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There are some things that, once you have done them, you know you will never do them again–like the time I white-water rafted the Colorado with Nancy and almost died (I thought). Well, last night I climbed a volcano with my kids and saw molten lava and rocks being spewed into the night sky like […]

Slideshow of Hawaii so far!!