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Like the new summery look of the site Dan!

Many times during the day I look over at Will and he has his fingers on his left hand crossed. He cant figure out how to cross the right hand, but will hold it if i do it for him. He likes to pinch with his fingers crossed too…what a funny kid.

Yummy veggies. Sadly a wonderful little beetle infested our corn over a 2 day period and we had to harvest it all and lost the top of most of them. This of course added even more work having to blanche and freeze 21 ears of corn. Oh well, least it was mostly …

Joshua had the cute factor tuned up last night. As we were reading Joshua his bedtime story (he picked his “My First Animal Board Book“) he was cracking us up! He was pulling out some crazy words and saying some funny stuff so I thought I would share.
Every time he would see a new …

So a couple weeks ago, April’s blog had a post about how terrible this new toothpaste flavor from Colgate was. Lemony Lemon Fresh Iceburg Blast or something like that. “How bad could it be?” says I. “Bad,” says April and threatens to ship it to me. “Bluff!” I call…
…but sure enough, like a Christmas in …

Joshua was riding around on his Power Wheels 4-Wheeler tonight when the battery began to lose juice and slows to a crawl (which is a feat in and of itself– those things are slower than balls). He hops off, turns the thing over on its side and begins to examine it. Twisting the wheel cap, …

No one pass out…I know it’s shocking…my very first post! I normally leave all the posting to Dan but after seeing all the blogs I decided to join in the fun.
Joshua is finally taking his first swimming lessons (granted he is only 3). I have always been proud of Joshua, but I now …

Since July 8th was a memory-making type birthday celebration (and we all know nothing says family memories like receiving an assault rifle), Mari-Catherine graciously opened the first half of her birthday to allow Joshua a “traditional” party with balloons, cousins, cake, presents and drowning risks.

My contribution? I baked this sweet “airplane” cake. Well, truth be …

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I’ve got to say, the old adage of “The older you get, the more conservative you become” isn’t turning out to be the case for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve definitely become more conservative in some things; Like ordering a 6″ sub at Subway instead of a 12″. Beyond …

Thanks to Microsoft designing the most unreliable* piece of consumer electronics (CE) I’ve ever owned, combined with a total lack of exciting news from the DanCathua (… er, Mari-Joshudan… JoDaMa… yeah…. that’s not really working, is it?) clan, my secret shame of “gaming” has been exposed.
As can be expected after owning an Xbox 360 for …