Balent Times

Currier's Kindergarten class put on an end of the year performance for all the parents.  It was ADORABLE and one of the songs even mad...

To celebrate Currier's 6th birthday, we had a Batman party at the house with lots of water fun—a jumpy castle water slide, a blowup p...

Paolo continues to make great strides in his recovery from paralysis.  He's basically back to normal except he can't get up and do...

You survived kindergarten. Actually you did more than survive, you thrived this year! You’re reading and writing and you love school. Yo...

For Cinco De Mayo weekend Jean and I drove up to Lake Lure, North Carolina (where Dirty Dancing was filmed!) to meet six other wild and wa...

My friend Lauren was awarded an all inclusive spa weekend for two at The Ritz-Carlton in West Palm for exceeding her sales goals for the...

This article on Paolo was featured in the Lowcountry Dog magazine!

 Heading into the city for a Riverdogs game... is one of our favorite things to do as a family! 

because this dog is running! 

This year the Easter bunny was sober enough to remember to hook the kids up with requested Wii games and lots of little goodies.   It was a...

Rya and I went to our community Easter egg hunt and didn't find one damn egg so I said, "Screw this!  Let's go get pedis!"...

Currier was in his first school performance as the lion tamer.  He did an incredible job hamming it up.  I was a proud Mama. 

Last week I asked Rya, "Do you have to pee?"  She said no so I asked, "Why are you touching yourself?"  She replied, ...