continued from Part 1 Over the summer I put the 5” binder in the closet.   We celebrated Sophie’s 5 th birthday on the 4 th of July...

Years ago when Mark was studying at Georgetown under the brilliant Dr. Murray Feshbach, I first learned of the conditions of the Russian orp...

We drove a long way. My laptop died as soon as we rolled into town (not good). Then on Thursday at lunch we ate a lot at Mark's parent...

or Good Bye Mt. Zubba Bubba. It's been fun! On our journey home yesterday we made an unusual (but planned pit stop). Having lived in WI...

Today we drove to our family's summer residence in Asheville, NC. It was built in 1895, has 250 rooms, and thousands of acres. More abou...

Day 1 on vacation at Mark's folks new home in Tennessee. In the morning on Mount Zubba Bubba (the name Alexander gave to the mountain hi...

RETRO POST: It was a whirl wind tour of Iowa. We stayed with my baby sis Kate (thanks again) during our time in Waterloo. Days were filled w...

There's nothing like sleeping in your own bed after being out of town. We got home very late last night after spending more than a week ...

1. Sophia's biopsy for Hirschprung's disease was negative! (her new diet with more fruit, Yo Baby yogurt, and no bananas is working ...

Thursday we drove to Chicago for the BEST date night ever. We stayed at the Marriot Renaissance which was just across the street from the C...

St. Louis Children's Hospital is really an amazing place. From the time you walk in the doors you are greeted with smiles. The security ...

Tomorrow is Sophie's biopsy for Hirschprung's disease at St. Louis Children's Hospital. We're staying the night as she has ...

...we'll sell our house on Thursday, 11am. We listed it mid-June 2007 and moved out of state in July. That's a load of Benjamin'...

New Scotland Yard Yesterday we received an early morning phone call from New Scotland Yard. An Inspector of Crimes from the London Metropol...

After nearly a week in Köln (or Cologne), Germany - M is home! He was there for a conference but managed to do a bit of sight seeing and dus...