Father's Day ... It's also the annual Westra gathering at Scott and Amy's house. This year ... sans Scott and Amy, who...

The end of the school year has been wrapping up. I'm SO glad the littles are on a traditional schedule with the older boys, and that ...

May was memorable ... ducks played a huge part! But there was quite a bit of family stuff and basketball of course.    Hubs had several de...

Ah Shakespeare ... I have to admit, he's NOT my favorite author. A few months ago, Cooper's class was putting on a Shakespeare pl...

Last year we raised ducks ( Daddy's Duckies 2015 ). As the three birds tested their wings at the end of the summer ... they flew aw...

April 2016 ... lots of basketball. Lots of derbies ~ 10 of them! Jen was doing Zumba four days a week in addition to other exercise, and C...

It was someone's 70th birthday this year, and Grayson decided to throw a party for Pammy to celebrate! All the other siblings really ...

Easter fell in March this year ... it seemed awfully early! We celebrated on Saturday with the Westra side of the family, Sunday with the...

For the past several months, my Cooper (12 years old) has been a step-crazy kid! Often with weeks averaging daily steps of 30,000 or mo...

It was many years ago, when Grayson looked at his oldest son competing in a Pinewood Derby race, that he decided it would be worth it ...