Well, parenthood has just dealt me another solid blow, and Karli and I are now outnumbered. Luke Douglas Hurren was born yesterday at 12:15 pm. Mom and baby are both great and now home resting. For most people, it will be enough to know that the baby is here and healthy, but [...]
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So, another Christmas has come and gone. Despite all my previous bitching about the holiday, we sure had fun the last couple of days. The boys had predictable, but very funny reactions when they came out this morning. Porter went straight for the Star Wars toys and Walker went straight for the bag of Swedish [...]
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Taking my 2-year old and, now 4-year old, bowling, that’s what. I hope Porter had a fun birthday, because I feel like I’ve just finished the running of the bulls in Pamplona, and then been hit by a truck for good measure. What a night! I’m still amazed that among the 5 little boys, ages [...]
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I’ve been thinking the last week or two that I really need to write something here, but I just haven’t had anything to say. Then I got to thinking back to my days as an editor of our high school newspaper, when I loved writing snarky editorials, bitching about this thing or that thing that [...]
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