Married In Ohio

If you were following us last year, you may remember this post where we discussed how The Girl was mad that we wouldn’t permit her to attend an off campus party being hosted by some friends of her and her brother who were sophomores to be in college. Now she’s pouting because we won’t let [...]

Because of the holiday, The Girl didn’t have school, so we went to the photographer and selected her senior pictures. She looked good all daughters (and sons) look good; but they were expensive. And we didn’t even have anything special done. I know that senior portraits are a big deal, especially for girls; but I [...]

After planning to do so for weeks, we finally saw Avatar on Saturday. Since everyone may not have seen it, I’m not going to say anything other than it was a great movie. We only go to the theater to see spectacle-type movies that would lose some of their impact in the living room on [...]

After a very long drive on Tuesday to retrieve him, The Boy is finally home after three months away at college. He can sleep in his own bed for a few days; and his mother and I will sleep a little bit better having him home. Much like last year, he had some homework to [...]

“Next year, this is how we’ll talk.” That was a message that The Girl sent me in a chat window one day this week when we were both on Facebook. California Girl and I don’t use chat applications much; but I’m sure we’ll soon be doing more of it. (The Boy likes for us to [...]

We took The Girl to visit a college this past weekend. It was a typical college visit. We toured the campus. We talked with professors and administrators. She visited with some current students. And like all of the places that she visits, she bought a keychain in the bookstore. We could see her attending there. [...]

For the second time in three weeks, The Girl has gone on a school trip and we’ve been by ourselves in the evening for a few days during the week. We’ve been home alone many times on weekends; but it’s different not having the kids around on a work/school night. Most of the occasions when [...]

Like all of the other girls high school soccer teams in Ohio, The Girl’s team played today. It tournament time so for the season ended for half of them.  And so it will be for every game day until a champion is crowned. Fortunately, her team won easily; but, every game could be the last [...]

The Girl played another good game today (Saturday). She and her team have been playing really well recently. It’s going to be sad to see their season end knowing that this is their last year together. The season has really zoomed by. They’ve got a few more games to play and then the tournament starts [...]

Tomorrow is the first game of the high school soccer season for The Girl. It seems like just yesterday that she was a freshman stepping between the lines for her first high school game. Now she’s a senior beginning the final year representing her school. Two short months from now she’ll be taking off her [...]