Not sure where the time has gone — somewhere between swim lessons, cub scouts, figuring out what is for dinner and finding colder weather clothes time has just slipped by. So here’s a brief summary. I applied for graduate school at Lindenwood University. I’m looking at the MA in digital media and I can pull… Continue reading

This past weekend we went on our first “official” boy scout family camp-out and a good time was had by all. In preparation for this notable event Morgan and I made a pilgrimage to Uncle Sam’s (the local Army surplus store) where we were clearly not the typical clientele — but alas we found what… Continue reading

Between the extra focus on reading, letter sounds, math and who knows what else and trying to get stuff up on eBay I’ve been a very bad blogger as of late. SO here’s the current report … Tyler is working very diligently and getting very good at earning candy corns from me. Grandpa Oser has… Continue reading

This would be more aptly names the Patent Teacher Conference Disaster, but I didn’t want to scare you. Let’s preface this with a few things First — Tyler started first grade August 13, our first conference was on Wednesday, Oct 1. Second — I cry really easily. I’ve tried to control it. I’ve tried blinking.… Continue reading

We just got back from our anniversary trip to Hawaii, which was wonderful, and now it is very hard to be home. We did not take the boys. And of course, on what should have been my first day back at work, Morgan is running a fever. So I am still in my pajamas eating… Continue reading

Recovered Oser family correspondence — September 28, 2008. Pat Oser forwarded this family-photo exchange to Danielle while the family was gathering photographs. Body preserved verbatim. Well, what do you know. Mike had some of Mom’s albums after all. I will try to get them sometime in the next couple of weeks and start scanning them.Hope… Continue reading

And of course I must note that no vacation of ours could be complete without some kind of mishap — or trip to urgent care. I’ll preface it with we’re both OK. In my attempt to be a fun loving, adventurous gal I decided that Matt wasn’t the only one who could do the rope… Continue reading

Unresolved Blogger recovery lead — original post body still not recovered. An original Blogger comment notification confirms that a Quiet Morgan You’ll Wake The Dinosaurs post titled “Helicoptor Tour … It made me a bit airsick …” existed during the September 2008 Kauai trip. Verified original Blogger URL:http://wakethedinosaurs.blogspot.com/2008/09/helicoptor-tour-it-made-me-bit-airsick.html What survives The earliest surviving Blogger comment… Continue reading

Went to the Valley of the Temples (in the liquid sunshine) and then we drove up the coast a bit. Even saw a turtle stick his head out of the water, but it looks like a rock in the photo so I’ll spare you. Today we catch a plane to Kauai. Continue reading

Here’s a few shots of our VA-Cay so far. All is well. Hawaii is beautiful. Will post more later. Continue reading