Soon after Christmas, we traveled to Hartford, a small town in northeastern Ohio where I grew up. My sister and oldest sibling, Bridget, was coming to town with her family from Utah. We were lucky to get to see them out west over the summer. My kids had their cousins fresh on their brains and…

First, we decorated the tree (and played Jack-in-the-Christmas tree-box) I love my kids’ faces in this one. Goobers! Eventually, Christmas morning rolled around: Such a mess! The kids had a hard time finding the toys to play with after they were finished opening everything. Here is Ethan on M & M withdrawl: We enjoyed hanging…

My maternal grandmother passed away the day before I headed home for Thansgiving. She was within months of turning 100! That meant that Thanksgiving would be full of even more family for my kids to enjoy. Here’s the highlights: Twister with Roman Christmas Tree Lane at Kraynak’s Playing with the trains It was a good…

I am a horrible blogger. Someone (who will remain nameless) reminded me today that I haven’t blogged in awhile. Guess there are people out there who DO care. So I headed over to the site to see where I left off…I NEVER EVEN POSTED OUR CHRISTMAS PICTURES!!! I am a sorry excuse for a human…

The kids and I have been stuck in the house for a long time. We’ve had brief escapes to the library, shoveling the drive/walk, etc. but no big adventures. Why? We seem to have just recovered from a 24 hour stomach flu just to catch a bad cold. Ugh. Anyway, we’ve had lots of time…

So today is the Fiesta Bowl. The entire family is decked out in their OSU gear. I even worked out in OSU garb. Needless to say, we’re big fans here at the Rice household. Tony, though, takes reigns supreme as Head Fan. As many of you remember, he broke his hand last year in a…

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I went out of town for Thanksgiving and my 99 year-old grandmother’s funeral. I’ll eventually catch up with laundry, cleaning, groceries, planning Corinne’s school Winter Party, etc so that I have spare time to download some pictures and post again. -g.

My kids are growing up. Sometimes I don’t realize how quickly. Tony is out of town this week. Ethan has learned a few new words and tricks, Corinne had her first Parent/Teacher Conference, and Mason was accepted into the preschool we had our hopes set on. He’s not here to experience it with us. It…

Forget Christmas. It’s not sucking me dry. It’s these blasted birthday parties. Corinne is getting more friends now that she is in kindergarten and Daisy Scouts. We’ve already had 3 different parties, one with twins! Theirs was the coolest. It was at a fitness club. The kids rock climbed and swam in the pool. Then…