TWENTY

T W E N T Y ! 

Its amazing how quickly time flies!  You think birth to ten is a lot of transformation in a human body until you look at the next decade.  Ten to twenty is just as significant, from child to adult in a nutshell.  We had a lovely birthday celebration last night for Anders.  He wanted a small group, and he wanted to play games.  So Lea and Dameon were over and we all played Alien  So much changes in the second decade of life, you go from elementary school to middle school, to high school, to college - that is a lot of change.  And then you grow like a million inches, and grow facial hair and get a strong jawline, and poof - your a grown-up person.  Amazing.  Anders did all of these things with grace and with so much steadiness. How lucky are we that we get to be in this life with him?  I can't wait to see what the next decade brings.  I made a movie of  his second decade on Animoto.  Look at it by clicking below.  

Watch Anders second decade video here! 

Big Birthday Weekend in the Big Apple

We had a big birthday weekend for Anders 20th.

Two Broadway shows, SIX and HADESTOWN, and we loved them both so much.

Lots of walking in the rain, lots of NY pizza and lots of fun.

 

Valentine's Day 2025

Another fun Valentine's day in the books!

Potluck tacos with friends and of course, the heart cake - with sparkler no less!

 

BHS Winter Ball

Nothing better than a sense of belonging.

What a great group of kids the are.  

 

Third Time's a Charm!

  

We got married for the third time....yup, you read that right.  First was on October 6, 2004 and it was our civil union right before Anders was born.  Marriage wasn't yet legal.  Then we had a big ceremony and celebration on September 3, 2006 with family and friends at Rockpoint.  On December 30, 2024 we got legally married.  I  like to call it our Haiku wedding.  We read haiku's to each other, to the boys, and to our families.  It was pretty awesome!!!  We ended with a very pretty cake and champagne.

 

Celebrating with Cake & Friends

It was such a nice way to ring in the new year.
A delicious New Years day meal with friends....followed by a special New Years Cake!

Never too much cake.  Never too many friends.

 

To the World We Dream About

and the one we live in now.

 

Kuba was Hades in HADESTOWN this past week and he was awesome, 

the show was awesome!  SO many friends had key roles and the whole ensemble cast make it an epic experience.  I'm so sad it's over! Bjorn, Susan, Sandy, Peter, Jen and Kaj, Barbro and Dave, and more came specifically to see Kuba.  He did NOT disappoint!  In fact, he held the role and captured the audience so effectively! 

"To know how it ends 

And still begin to sing it again

As if it might turn out this time"

-Anais Mitchell