Category Archives: Family

Piper’s latest

Piper’s school report today and some evidence of our 18 month old going on 18…

Stock Show and Rodeo Adventure

We sure had fun just look at Piper’s smile.  And yes I grew out the beard just for a day like this.

Joke is on the Theives

We woke up this morning to a smashed driver-side window on the Mini Cooper.  Good thing my golf clubs were inside staying warm for the winter. The thieves did not steal the car seat or my work out clothes that were in the back.  I guess I did good of a job securing the car [...]

How Simplifying Will Save Us Over $500 in 2011

We are making some changes for 2011.  Many of the changes are based on simplifying life and making sure we are being good stewards of our resources. One step in our simplification process was to eliminate unnecessary TV (some would argue that’s all TV).  We didn’t go that far but we did disconnect Dish Network [...]

Family Christmas Card Archives Now on McFaddenplace

With the exception of a few years we’ve published our family Christmas Cards since 2004. Here’s a glimpse at the front covers of 2004 and 2008.  Go to the Christmas Cards page to view all of them.

Helping Decorate the Christmas Tree

The kids helping decorate the Christmas tree …

Boo

We play Hide-and-Seek or Hide-and-Scare at our house in the evening.  Here is a snippet…