Life With Boys

The mis-adventures of two crazy boys and their bleary eyed parents.


  • Life with boys … spaghetti loaf

    Life with boys … boy requested spaghetti loaf before he goes back to school … freezer had a dough malfunction … it may have gotten about about three times the normal size … they will still eat it all I predict … just in case you want your carbs wrapped in more carbs .. Recipe: Continue reading

  • Are Showers Overrated …

    Life with boys … private edition … we have been consistently suggesting that daily showers are a really good idea to one of the boys … so in the continued conversation, I may have said something along the lines that love-ish interests may be easier to attract if the boy is not redolent … to Continue reading

  • A Trip To The Ballet …

    Life with boys-ish … before there was life with boys, there was life with the Beck family … I was thinking about one of our adventures earlier this month when we were sitting in the luxury of the Fox Theater … Once upon a time … I think I was in about second or third Continue reading

  • The One Where The Cat Goes To College …

    Life with boys … the one where the cat goes to college … going from being a big fish in a small pond to being a guppy in the vast college ocean has not been an easy adjustment for the boy … somewhere between catching and dealing with COVID within the first few weeks of Continue reading

  • Life with boys … Introducing Appa the grand cat … there is a detailed story … I will get it to you in a bit … yes, he has permission to live in the dorms … an even longer story … Continue reading

  • Super long life with boys story to come … in the meantime we need a vet who can see this kitty this week for at least a physical and shots … he will need to be fixed also, but I know our timing is less than amazing Continue reading

  • Life with boys … it’s all about perspective … I see all the photos of amazing trees and snow covered vistas … and the boy focuses on the tractor … Continue reading

  • Life with boys … so what do empty nesters do on the weekends? … we drive several hours to visit our kiddos at midterm … last weekend included a football game and touring campus with Grandma and Grandpa with one boy … this weekend, it was a four-hour drive in the opposite direction to see Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … has been quieter … our nest is not empty, it’s just that it is not as full as it used to be … and it is not so much the change of activity in our house that has changed, as much as the change to our calendar … since 2007 we Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … Me: “Hey, send me some pics from the game today” … he responded with 12 versions of this … Continue reading

About Me

I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week.  Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.

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