Introducing Maggie-

I didn't realize it at the time, but one of the best gifts I ever got was my baby brother Tim. We definitely had our rocky moments through the years - a swift kick with my roller skate to his head - leading to an hour-long bloody nose. In addition to numerous hitting/slapping matches... But when I left for college something happened and we actually became good friends. Now I can't imagine life without my brother.

He married a great girl I consider a good friend and now he's a daddy. It's super fantastic and totally crazy. We're so happy for Tim and Amanda. We're glad they're in our lives and know they will be wonderful parents. We adore baby Maggie and look forward to getting to know her, cheering her on at soccer games and buying Girl Scout cookies from her.

It's NOT all about Ben...

Quite the Character...

Ben still loves dressing up. He loved wearing his train engineer's costume and liked handing us our "tickets" last night. He also cracked me up recently when he was playing by himself with his tools -  I went to peek in on him he had shoved them all down his pants - I guess the boy needs a tool belt! Ben's been saying the funniest things recently... the other morning it snowed and it was a school day and he said, "Mommy, won't the children be surprised!" Also, when I was eating cereal the other day he grabbed a spoon from the drawer and started helping himself to my cereal - when he did he said, "Mommy, I'm such a good sharer."