I'm not adorable. I'm James.

J and J

Happy birthday Annalise!

First cake made all by herself! (A little help from Jina :))

If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake

Nonnie and Lucy

Nonnie and Ovi

Ben holds Lucy

So excited to meet Lucy!

Welcome Lucy!!!

Girls are better than boys

Megan is tall

Shabbat shalom. Says J, with a mouth full of challah.

How can I say no

Mushroom

Successful water park day

This child insisted she needed to do her homework at the pool.

Today marks the 9th year of dads death. I prefer to remember him as the hell on wheels guy he was to the way we saw him at the end. This was our dad/daughter dance at my wedding. I think it was the happiest I had ever seen him. He claimed Erich was not his son in law but his actual son. He passionately adopted all professional Chicago sports and followed the Illinois sports though the Illini would never replace his beloved Longhorns. The last words I ever said to him while he was conscience was "hey dad turn on Howard Stern he's got Willie Nelson on today. The last time I saw him conscience we all flew into town to go to the Willie Nelson picnic at his request. Hope there is lots of music wherever you are dad. I think James might have a lot of your fire in him. ❤️

What? Isn't sitting on a trash can your toddlers favorite place to eat?

Mommy look at me

Thomas wins

#natitude

#natitude

Johnny. Remember these?

Pat explaining the rules to flashlight tag

All dressed up but no one to eat it!

There is just something magical about that special combination of tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapeño, salt and lime.

The making of a Lego movie

They managed to find water

Rewarded with ice cream. Who are these kids that get salted Carmel ice cream. What happened to chocolate?

Vietnamese food on a rainy summer day. #theywantedtogotothepool

Dad collapsed after his battle with pancreatic cancer on the day of his 61st birthday. Then he survived 7 days with machines forcing him to breathe. Though I hate those things it was a great time for us to sit by him as people from all of our families came in from everywhere to sit and talk and tell funny stories. I wouldn't give that time away. His legacy would have been laughter. He loved to tease and be teased back. One of the stories I learned at his funeral was from the police officer who worked at the school. She came in one morning to find her desk covered in donuts and came out that afternoon to find her car covered in orange cones.

Little brothers benefit from snow cone social too

Kindergarten snow cone social

Today would have been my dads 70th birthday. I hate that he missed seeing his grand kids he would have lived torturing them. However if he ever heard me complain he would've shrugged his shoulders and said "life sucks and then you die!" And he probably learned that from his other favorite daughter April and she probably would have then called him a goat boy. Happy birthday dad!

See this grin from ear to ear? Her teacher put this smile there. Thank you teachers and especially this one who has had such a role in supporting a growing the self esteem of this little girl and so many others.

Last moments if cousin togetherness

Cousins that play together....

Doesn't get better than this. #perfectpicture #gettingitwasadisaster #theendresultwasworthit

Dessert cart. #silversluggerclub

It's orange day folks

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Final cousin silly face photo

Final cousin pic

Beach cooking. Lewes farmers market, summer tomatoes, cousins who cook together stay together.

Happy boy at the tucker picnic. Popsicle + cotton candy

Does anyone know what the color of the day is at school?

Book club selfie before Elizabeth moves to Charleston

Hello summer

It's a hard knock life