LARR'S 30 TODAY!!

In honor of this momentous occasion, I'd like to present a checklist for people Larr's age. As we all know, confusion begins to set in as folks get older, so many of you 30 year olds may be asking yourself, "Okay, so...am I officially an old grown-up now? Well here's how you can tell: (WARNING! Some of these are unsuitable for children or especially mortifying for grandparents to read! Proceed with caution!)

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."

6. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

7. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."

8. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

9. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

10. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

11. You feed your dog Purina instead of McDonald's leftovers.

12. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

13. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

14. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

15. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."

16. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

17. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again"

Happy Birthday, Larr! I love you!

It's an Easter Egg-stravaganza!

Easter has officially moved up in my list of favorite holidays and is now running a close second behind Christmas, which I still hold as the most magical, purely beautiful holiday when viewed through the eyes of a child. We had so much fun hunting eggs, cooking out, flying kites, and just plain being together on Easter weekend. Here are a few pictures from the holiday.

Pop helps Sophie fill her Easter basket

Just like his dad, Ace was a man on a mission to score some eggs!

Taking a break to survey the loot

This was a first: Aidan offering to share his candy!

Mason, Ace, and Sophie...egg huntin' fools!

Mom and Dad bought the kids some really cool kites. This was Aidan's; it was a giant airplane.

Larr showing Ace how to hold the handle...look at the joy on that little face!

This was Sophie's kite--a beautiful, huge butterfly. I'm lucky I got this picture because the darn thing wouldn't stay airborn longer than 30 seconds or so!

Ace flies his plane while Pop, a kite flyer extraordinare, supervises

Introducing....The So-Fro!!

It's all the rage in Paris and Milan! Is she a trendsetter and true beauty or what?!

Seriously, though, my child's hair is just hilarious to me. When it was still really short I'd use a little "product" to sort of curl it up on top. But now that it's grown out some there's no need for creams, gels, or sprays! She just wakes up with her hair all bushed out! I try and tame it down with a little clip or even a tiny "Pebbles-style" ponytail on top, but she definitely prefers it au-naturale. Too funny, huh? She's what I'd imagine mine and Lyle Lovett's love-child to look like! HA!!