Dwayne and I have conveniently celebrated Valentine’s on Feb.13, even before our little Sweetheart was born. This year, I surprised him with tickets to see a local evening light show– with only a tiny bit of snow. Dwayne manages to open his semiannual List of Reasons to Love Dwayne with chopsticks– a new feat.


Piper spent her birthday party helping her friends to Nugget to play simple board games.
We took her out for Italian for her 17th birthday on the 15th to avoid crowds and Dwayne and Wes made Piper flan from Grandma N’s special recipe. Then Piper got the next week off of school, so that’s really the best gift. 🙂







Piper has a sense of humor that delights me, an inability to finish the hundred creative projects that infuriates me, a brain that amazes me, and a cuteness that amuses me.