It’s hard to believe but today is Keegan’s sixteenth birthday!  Wow.  I’m feeling old.  I’m sure I will feel suddenly much older and have even more gray hairs when he gets his driver’s license

Meet Champ, our recently adopted, 1 yr. old Golden Retriever. Isn’t he a beauty? We got him for free, believe it or not. He is a pedigreed dog (not that we care a whole lot about that) whose father was a champion hunting dog. Maddie, our tiny Jack Russell, hasn’t forgiven [...]

We’ve really enjoyed watching Keegan’s football team play over the course of the past several weeks. They have amassed a 6-1 record; pretty good for a sophomore team! This morning was his high school homecoming game. Below are some pictures taken at the game. Look for Keegan in the #72 jersey. [...]

Our little girl turned five years old this week. How time flies!

A new song by Mark Harris is the inspiration for this post. Go listen to it on Mark’s MySpace site, http://www.myspace.com/markharris.
My kids are growing up and changing sooo fast. Honestly, I mourn the passing of time. It is very hard for me. NOT so hard for my wife I am joking!!! She [...]

Chicago is a beautiful city and the following photo shows it.  Yesterday we were at the lakefront to visit the Shedd Aquarium for the first time since March.  It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm but not too warm.  Lots of people were out and about enjoying the day, including lots of people out [...]

I was excited to read about a Flickr photoset of pictures taken of various areas within technical services at the Hatcher Graduate Library at the University of Michigan.  (Seen via librarian.net.)  This photoset provides a lot of insight into how books and other material are received and processed in technical services in a large library.  [...]

With some sadness and lots of fanfare, Keegan and Tristan left with Grandpa and Grandma Jozwiak on a missions trip to Manitoulin Island, Ontario. This is what Keegan has done each year for the past eight years, but this year is Tristan’s first time. His grandparents promised him that he could go with [...]