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Where’s Action Jackson?!?! Mom and Dad alone in Maine

Well, it’s happened. We snuck away and had a good time WITHOUT the baby!!! I know. I know. You didn’t think it was possible, but we’re telling you, it is. How did this all happen? Well, Mike and I were trying to have a conversation while doing laundry,  picking up small bits of food strewn […]

Return to Minneapolis and the 20-year reunion

It’s happened. Time has passed and I have become old. Sigh… and sigh again, followed by a creaking back and a few gray hairs (HA got you there, I don’t have any gray hairs, or if I do, no one – including me – can see them, ’cause I’m blonde. Sha-zam on all you brunettes and […]

Hi, Elise!

Super news from Chicago: Kathy and Nathan and Henry welcomed Elise Martha to the family yesterday! She’s “a peanut” according to Kathy, entering the world at seven and a half pounds. Everybody’s doing great. Woohoo! More cousins.

Action Jackson and the trip to Lutsen, MN

My aunt Kay turned 70. WoooHooo. Okay, it happened a few years ago, but let’s not get bogged down in the details. Kay is 70! WooooooHoooooo!!! And to celebrate this momentous occasion, Kay decided to have a family reunion. It was several years in the making, but it did finally happen the weekend of June […]

Shameless pitch for cool things to buy from friends and family

Let’s be honest: Mike and I are some talented folks, in our own humble opinions anyway. And as talented folks, we like to surround ourselves with other talented folks. It’s just how we roll. So in the past few days, we got new and exciting info about two new and exciting projects in the arts […]

Flash back to when I had free time…

Anyone with any experience with kids can probably tell you one universal truth: once they’re in your life, wave goodbye to your free time. Unless your hobbies include “washing bottles and filling them with milk!” or “taking out the trash full of poopy diapers before gagging and passing out from the odor!” or “adding texture […]

Downloading multiple photos from the gallery

I’ve enabled “shopping cart” and “shopping cart download” functionality on our photo gallery. So you can now select one or more photos and download the whole bunch (at original, high resolution) in a ZIP file. As you browse through the gallery and find photos you want to download locally, click “Add Photo To Cart” to […]

Action Jackson slide show montage!!

This just in: my friend Cheryl made a slide show of Jackson’s first 6 months. She put so much time and effort into making the slide show and adding clever comments that I had to put it in the blog. Click here to enjoy her masterpiece 🙂

Action Jackson: there’s never enough time yet they grow up fast

It’s true, we haven’t blogged in awhile. We’re aware of the issue and we’d like to fix it, but that would require more time, and that’s one thing that seems to be in very short supply lately. I’m back at work pretty much full time now, Mike’s been at work full time since week 3 […]

Cherub Action Jackson says…

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!! To ensure that you have a happiest of Valentine’s day, Jackson has completed the critical shake and taste tests. Fortunately for all of us, even at his tender age, he realizes nothing beats empirical data. We are happy to report he has concluded that it is a Valentine’s Day of the highest […]