Weekend Update

Otherwise known as "Brief Post Before Another Hiatus"

Hello Lovelies, We are still here. Life moves on in typical Byron fashion. Grace is taking on the preschool set. Julia is whining her way into the record books, and Craig is balancing life as father-husband-professor-and-community organizer. I'm just plain lazy. Well, that last part isn't entirely true. I finally hammered out a contract with my future employer, and the financial compensation means that Craig will only have to teach one summer session to keep the family afloat, Hurray!

In other good news, we are halfway to meeting our financial goal for the Buddy Walk. If you are still interested in sponsoring us, send me an email, and I will get you the details.

I wish I had more to say, but whatever words I put together in my brain either sound too schmaltzy or whiney (and you wonder how that's different from any other post I've written). I will say that my 35th birthday is approaching quickly, and this has filled me with, what's the word? Terrror? No. Anxiety? Maybe. Denial? Yes, denial is what I've been feeling. In my mind I haven't aged a day past twenty-five, and I find it curious that college students view me as a responsible and mature adult. I guess having two kids and a house and a husband blows my identity as a hip twenty-something.

That's about it for me. We'll be departing for Indianapolis next week for an extended visit. We'll get to meet our niece, Whitney, for the first time and spend some time with her family. I promise, promise to post some pictures then.

One last note: Happy 16th month, Julia Bug, you little stinker. We love you as big as the whole world (to quote your big sister, Grace), and we can't believe how much you've grown. If you and Grace put your minds together, world domination would be within your reach! Love, Ma-ma and Da-da