New photos! You've got to see the photos Michelle took over the weekend. They are really terrific. You can find a link to them from the Photos link on the home page. Great job, Michelle!

Second monthly GFGT was a big success! I highly recommend the tequilla-marinated beef fajitas from my recipe section. Whoa, they are yummy! For added flaver, after 24 hours of marinading in the tequilla sauce, I cooked the beef on my George Foreman grill, then boiled the marinade. I added the beef, marinade, some soy sauce, and some "Fajita seasoning" to a ziploc bag. Tossed it all together for about an hour. Then dumped the meat into the frying pan with the onions and peppers. Y-U-M-M-Y!

Pray for my friend Rita and Mike. I just got an email this weekend and Rita went into early labor on Friday. I think she's about four months early, but it may be less. Keep them in your prayers as do I.

SUCCESS! My great friend, Phil got me a breadmaker as a post-Christmas gift (ain't that sweet!). He also gave me a family recipe for white bread. Well, it took SIX attempts with the same recipe, but FINALLY, I did it! I made a loaf of white bread that was TERRIFIC. I mean it was so stinking good. Michelle and I ate it right away. If you want the recipe, just email me.

Whoa... sorry for the delay. Things are going GREAT here. Check out the photo page for some great shots Michelle took this weekend of the kids.


Marcus is doing GREAT.. He's off of the monitor and all medications. Now he's just like a normal little boy, albeit the most handsome one I've seen in five years!


Michelle is recovered. She seems to be 100% as far as I can tell. She has lots of energy, enthusiasm, and feels great. We took Marcus to church for the first time yesterday. He really enjoyed it and did well.


Matthew is doing great. He is learning to read and doing great at pre-school. He is trying to read everything he sees. He's doing great. He is also doing very well at math. He loves to do long addition and subtraction problems. What a brainiac.


Madison still hasn't taken off the Cinderella dress she got for Christmas. She is so stinking cute. You've got to see the pictures Michelle took this weekend!


I'm back... That's right. Last week I worked ALL WEEK! It was the first time I've worked consecutive days since September 27th. It was terrific. I"m back to work on my dissertation and some other research. It is so stinking fun to be back at work. Not that I didn't love my time with the kids, but I really missed being here too.



I'll keep you posted of other news later.

Going well... Michelle and Marcus continue to do well. They've been home for over a month now and we took a trip to see family in Maryland for the holidays. I officially return to work today. How exciting. Check out the photo links page for all the photos of our holidays.

It's been just over one week since Marcus and Michelle came home. THey are both doing great. In fact, Michelle went out for dinner yesterday with Cindy to Olive Garden. I think they had a good time and I'm sure it was great for Michelle to get out and spend some time with her dear friend.



In other news... I hope to be back at work soon. Now that Michelle is home and Mom is gone we are just getting back in the routines of childcare. I spent yesterday with Marcus in the morning, Madison to dance and shopping in the afternoon and soccer with Matthew in the backyard in the evening. It was a wonderful day, but I didn't get a lick of work done. Hopefully today I'll have a chance to get back to the office.