Life With Boys

2:18 am Morgan: mom If Percy Jackson has riptide and celestial bronze and nico has iron from the underworld what kind of gold does Jason have? Me: you really need to know that now? (The answer is Imperial) Continue reading

Recently both boys have had some interesting thoughts on God … Morgan: “Is the God we talk to at night Zeus?” Me: “Not sure, but I think they might be different.”Morgan: “I think it must be someone different because Zeus in charge of so many different things.”Me: “So, the God we talk to at night… Continue reading

A good year for Tyler’s last Pinewood Derby with a third place win for the Webelos. Continue reading

Nothing says true love like a flying pig …   Continue reading

Recovered family correspondence — February 3, 2013. Original email from Jo Zeimet. Thought of Lani yesterday. She would be pleased to know that Boulder CO has it’s on Pux Phil, who’s actually a stuffed yellow-bellied marmot that they put out in the sun to see if he sees his own shadow. A mouse-chewed stuffed marmot… Continue reading

Tomorrow I will start my biggest semester so far – 5 classes – Photoshop, 2 Desktop Publishing, Fundamentals of the Internet and Web Design.  I’m excited and intimidated. I am backing my hours at BPP back in order to accommodate the intense schedule. So, if I’m remiss in getting more updates done, you know why.  Continue reading

Recovered Beck family remembrance source — 2013. On January 16, Barbara Beach remembered John Feuldner Beck on what would have been his 104th birthday and shared three family photographs: “Dad happy in boat.jpg,” “Dad w D and B circa 1952.jpg,” and “Dad and fam circa 1948.jpg.” On August 9, the eleventh anniversary of his death,… Continue reading

“Are you making them clean again?” Matt asks …. “Is it clean yet?” (DUH) Continue reading

Recovered Beck family image source — December 22, 2012. Original email from Barbara Beach. Barbara’s holiday email included three photographs. Two were contemporary Winter Solstice sunset images. The historical attachment is explicitly named Billy xmas circa 1990.jpg. What the historical photograph shows The image is a color indoor Christmas photograph showing two adults and a… Continue reading