Balent Times

  Currier with his buddies after a long day of waterpark fun. 

I took the kids strawberry picking this morning at Boone Hall Plantation.  We got three big buckets full and plan to eat strawberry shortc...

My friend Stacey bought a condo on Myrtle Beach that sleeps 24 people.  She rents it out but the week of Spring Break she reserv...

Currier met Sophia at Hampton Beach while we were in New England for a two week visit and he became quite smitten by her.  We ended up hav...

I love that Connor and Currier are still close friends even though they haven't been in the same class for years.  Silly sticks togeth...

We went home to Newburyport for two weeks to celebrate Rebecca's 40th birthday!   While we were home I arranged a surpris...

One of my closest friends from Sicily came for a weekend visit.  Gwyn and I worked together at the travel agency on Sigonella Naval Stati...

I had lunch yesterday with a friend that I haven't seen in 15 years.  Holly and I were flight attendants together based out of the Ci...

Currier's BFFL, Conner , turned 7-years-old today and they celebrated in typical 7-year-old style with a jumpy castle, corn hole, pina...

My friend, Jen, delivered this beautiful kitchen island to my house on Thanksgiving Day because she had no where to put it in her new hou...

 We had a Barbie themed party to celebrate Rya's 4th birthday.    I handmade all the decorations and food myself because I'...

We met Rya's best friend, Riley, and her mom and baby brother at the Boone Hall Plantation Pumpkin Patch this afternoon.  The kids climb...

I ran the Oktoberfest 5K last Thursday.  My knee acted up big time for the first mile making me question, "How on earth am I going to...

The neighbors, Lisa and Gary, were kind enough (and brave enough) to invite us all out on their boat for the day.  They took us to Ca...

As the summer is winding down (sigh), Laura arranged a little girls' night out on a booze cruise out of Shem Creek.  This was two hour...