Family Man Librarian

This photo, taken a few years ago, shows Tristan posing with his fishing rod and reel. Note the words on his t-shirt. I love this photo, especially the expression on Tristan’s face!

Click here to view some photos from Tristan’s 5th birthday party in December.

Monday we celebrated Tristan’s 5th birthday. Hard to believe he is five already! Next year he starts school. I hope to post pictures from his birthday party soon. On Sunday afternoon as part of celebrating his birthday, I took Tristan and Brinley to see Chicken Little at a nearby theater. It was [...]

Tristan has a dragon painted on his face

Originally uploaded by Steve_Oberg.

Last night we attended the Christmas party for my work. The weather wasn’t good and we debated about not going, but the kids were really excited about going so we decided to go after all. Michele had bought the three younger [...]

This has been a stressful week. I have not felt up to writing blog entries for a while. On Wednesday when temperatures plummeted and we had some snow, we discovered that our furnace was broken. We were without heat until Thursday afternoon, when the repair man was able to replace the heat [...]

I’m pretty tired out these days. Most of the fault lies with two little kids who continue to think that their real bedroom is their parents’. I am sooooo tired of Brinley and Tristan coming into our room at night and camping out, each and every night. Ironically, Michele seldom is bothered [...]

We’ve been going through a lot of uncertainty about our move back to the Chicago area. For one thing the time it is taking to get our Indiana house ready to show to potential buyers is enormous. There is so much to do and it is overwhelming. My brothers Dan and Tim [...]

Michele wrote the following to describe some funny things the kids said last night: “Tonight in an attempt to get out of the house, we went to get dinner and for a drive. After picking up McD’s for the kids we went to get the van washed. As soon as we got in line [...]

Our saga continues…Michele is still not improving and I am still at home just about every day to help with the little ones. We got a call from her neurologist’s office earlier today, requesting that we come in for another office visit next Wednesday morning (May 11). We’re not sure what this will [...]

Michele is pretty upset because today she is doing poorly again, after almost seven days of feeling almost back to normal. On top of that, Brinley came down with a cold overnight. Tristan is getting over his cold. We had a difficult night last night as a result.