This past week, Hazel, mom, dad and I flew to Oregon to support Dorian at the Track and Field USA Championships. We stayed with some wonderful friends whom Phillip and I met while touring with Missoula. They live in Falls City, OR. We had a wonderful time seeing the beautiful sights, catching up with the [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 22, 2009
Flower Power
Yes Father’s Day and our 4th wedding anniversary fell on the same day this year, Sunday, June 21st, also the first day of summer! How did I spend this momentous day?…..Husbandless. Phillip left this morning to drive to Pennsylvania. He is training a new tour team for Missoula Children’s Theatre (the company we worked for during our first year [...]
June 21, 2009
Classic Miscommunication
Hazel is a late-to-bed-er. It was completely against her nature to submit to a 6:30-7:00pm bedtime during the school year. Now, since it is summer, we have been letting her stay up later. Tonight I tried to put her down at 8:30, she cried and cried. Phillip came in from outside and said “it isn’t even 9 yet” to which [...]
June 20, 2009
Summer After All
Although we were beginning to think Chicago had decided not to have summer this year, warm, sunny weather finally arrived today! We have been outside all day, taking walks, blowing bubbles and playing in the pool. We even went down the street and played with the neighbor’s cat. Hazel loves Leo the cat and nearly sprints down the sidewalk till we [...]
June 17, 2009
18 months
Hazel had her 18 month check- up today and everything went very well. Her ears were clear for the first time in months! Yeah! No tubes! She also received two shots and she didn’t even cry. I can’t remember her height and weight stats right off, but based on her percentiles, she is tall and skinny, guess [...]
June 15, 2009
Arkansas Vacation
We have been vacationing in Arkansas this past week. The primary reason for the trip was to watch my brother run at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships which were being held at the U of A. We decided to go down a couple days early to spend some quality time with Dorian before the entire [...]
June 3, 2009
Seven Things
My friend Bre’anna tagged me so now I must obey. Basically once you are tagged you have to post a list of seven interesting things about yourself. Here are mine…
1. I would like to run a marathon someday soon. My brother inspires me and I know that, once upon a time, I too had the running [...]
