What a crazy first round! For only the second time ever (and the second time in five years), a #16 seed beat a #1 seed. Unfortunately the defeated team was Purdue, although we Hoosier fans were silently happy with the
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – bracket time! Damon insists that this is his year to finally put his name on the trophy and display it in his room. But now that Avery has figured out the
Believe it or not, Avery is quickly approaching her 14th birthday. It seems like just days ago that I was holding a beautiful baby girl in my arms in the hospital. And now we’re looking at a beautiful teenager who
Last night Damon and I attended his annual well-child checkup. Here are his current stats: Weight – 51 pounds, an increase of 3.5 pounds since last year (20th percentile)Height – 47.5 inches, an increase of 2 inches since last year
Friday is an extra special day in our family. Besides being Damon’s birthday, it is his golden birthday! 8 years old on the 8th. Per tradition, here are Damon’s answers to our annual 20 questions. Check out his previous responses.
Between Chris’ birthday lunch celebration and Damon’s baseball game last night Avery had her 13-year doctor’s appointment. Here are her latest stats: Weight – 76.8 pounds, an increase of 10.4 pounds since last year (3rd to 5th percentile).Height – 56.25
It’s suddenly the last day of school! What an incredible year it has been for both Avery and Damon. They both grew tremendously academically and socially. And we inched a little closer to 100 percent normal schooldays. Being part of
All hail the king! It took 11 years, but Chris finally hoisted the family trophy in this year’s family bracket challenge. Here is our update of the tournament (rankings are in order of ESPN points standing): Chris0-1 in Championship Game39-24
Thanks to Duke’s Final Four loss, I’m out of the running for the trophy this year. Grandpa went from the bottom to second place after Kansas’ win last night. But it won’t be enough because Chris has claimed the trophy
Well, that was a disappointing Elite Eight round. Saint Peter’s is done, and the Final Four is full of teams I hate! As for the family pool, here are the current scenarios. If Duke loses its first game in the