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Heading back from lunch just now...Bryan: "I have put on some weight over the past few months."Aimee: (excited) "You have? Really?"[Sidenote: It really sucks when your husband always weighs less than you do]Bryan: "Yeah, I actually weigh exactly what you do right now."Aimee: (fists pumping…

One more thing I wrangled for myself while in Wyoming: a new painting. Have I ever mentioned what a great painter Marabeth's husband Jim is? He picked up a paintbrush in 1999 after the death of his mother, teaching himself along the way, and has…

The woman who cleans our house called last night to let me know she can't come this Friday because of family emergency. After a rush of "I hope everything goes OK,'s" we got off the phone and the truth sank in.My cleaning lady can't come…

Here is a completely unedited photo of Emerson, using my Canon 85mm f/1.8 lens. This lens can give incredibly small depth of field, which sometimes makes it hard to use... but then it gives me great blurry backgrounds and wonderfully sharp eyes.Or one sharp eye,…

First, practice your "sad" faces... Next, practice your "crazy" faces... Then, proceed straight to "heading for the loony ward" faces... THEN, and ONLY then, are you ready for bright and shiny smiling faces. (Click on any image to see it larger) More photos from Wyoming…

We ventured up to Wyoming this weekend to visit my college roommate Marabeth and her family. The kids played like absolute maniacs all damn day. And let me tell you, it's a lot of kids when they all get together. Declan had so much fun…

For the first year of Declan's life, he stayed home with his Dad. For the second year, he was mostly home with his Dad, and we had a nanny help out two days a week. By age two, we realized it was time for some…