Balent Times

When you tell your mom that your throat hurts, you get to stay home from school and eat popsicles with your little sister.  When your mom ca...

Yesterday our neighbor Lisa (Currier's BFF) spotted the first alligator of the season sunbathing on the water's edge by our neighbor...

Last night the aquarium opened its doors after hours to members only (we're so VIP) to get a glimpse at the newest member of the South C...

After a morning at the park, I took the kids for haircuts. Rya chose a little bob in hopes to even out her bad home haircut and Currier c...

I asked Currier if he wanted Mommy to have another baby and he grimaced at the thought and sadly said, "Oh no Mommy, I don't want t...

This morning we woke to muddy and suspiciously tiny footprints on our patio and through the doggy door leading into our house. We followed ...

Rya has pink eye and why not considering we've hosted so many other diseases in our house this season... swine flu, several common cold...

Yesterday was all about alligators at the aquarium. Currier is fascinated by alligators so we got up early in the morning to learn all ab...

We've had several comments this week regarding Currier's gender that's making me wonder if it's time to cut his hair. At th...

This afternoon I noticed the cues and plopped Rya on the potty just in time for her first poop in the potty! A proud moment that set off a ...

Last night we had Trent's co-worker and good friend Dave, and his wife Iris over for dinner. They had us over their house in Summervill...

Trent: "Um, what the hell happened to Rya's hair?" Me: "Oh yeah, I thought I would save us a couple bucks and cut her...

One minute it's all fun and games and the next these two are rolling around on the ground beating the crap out of each other over a piec...

Currier received a medal at his last football game over the weekend. He's so excited over his shiny gold medal and I'm so excited t...