Balent Times

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...

          

So far summer vacation is a pendulum of extreme boredom and hideous torture... The most wonderful time of the year!

Occasionally Paolo likes to call Penny and howl his love for her. 

To kick off the summer I bought the kids a Slip'n Slide.  After about two or three runs the kids asked why they weren't having as ...

Let the summer begin!

You're just finishing up the first grade.  You're a good student and you love school.  The minute you get home from school you ask...

  On Friday we drove up to Myrtle Beach for the weekend to celebrate Currier's 7th birthday.  Our first order of business was appet...

It's been an abnormally chilly and dark spring but it's finally starting to get bright and hot.  Hearing the ice cream truck musi...

Mother's Day weekend started with a party at Currier's school.    Where I was presented with this lovely portrait.  I think...

It's strawberry shortcakes for dessert tonight! 

Now that Currier has a bearded dragon, Rya has been asking for her very own pet.  She wants a fish tank in her bedroom.  We're starti...

Currier handed me this note while we were in the car.  I love how he spelled "weird" how I say it in my Boston accent: without t...