Leaving our hearts in San Francisco!

Dear Joshua, Happy 7th birthday!  We love you to the moon and back, and are so proud of you.  You are such a special little boy.  You are smart as a whip, often trumping your sister as we quiz math facts :).  This year you had a rough start to the school year, but now,…

Growing up, every Christmas Eve Rusty and his brothers would go skiing with his Dad while his Mom stayed home, wrapped presents, prepared Christmas Eve dinner, and got everything ready for Christmas morning.  After we were married, we carried on this tradition a couple of times, but all our tiny kids made it hard to…

Carlie, Dan and Baby Gwen are here for a visit.  It is so fun to have them with us, and the kids are just eating Gwen up.  Halle can’t get enough of her, and so when we went to the Empire State Building the other day, Halle got to carry Gwen in the front pack. …

And a new park.  And Freedom Trail part 2.  We are still discovering all Harvard Square has to offer.  On our way to find a farmers market today we stumbled on this perfectly cute little parkThe kids wanted to stay here all day, and I had to drag them away with promises of returning in…

In exactly 12 days my Ragnar team leaves for Sunny California to run the So Cal race.  200 miles from Huntington Beach to Coronado Island.  Remember how much fun we had at Wasatch Back last year? This year promises to be even better.  Our team name is Mind Over Mileage or M.O.M.  We have about…