A strange phenomenon
About once a week something strange happens in our house… Food dissapears. 15+ cookies – GONE. A loaf of bread – GONE. A few boxes of cereal – GONE. It often happens while I am gone, usually at a church meeting or something during a few hours in the evening. One of the strangest things is that it usually happens after everyone in the house has eaten a full dinner… I like to call this phenomenon the “J eats everything in the house phenomenon.” It is truly amazing what can disappear during one of these events… and how quickly it is gone. Unfortunately, it often leaves us without anything to eat for breakfast. I see it as a sign that maybe h

Quad Cities Marathon Collage
Quad Cities Marathon Collage, originally uploaded by DebAnn18. This past weekend Jason ran the Quad Cities Marathon. It was definitely a smaller marathon than many he has been to… and not the best organized, especially for me as a spectator. But overall he had a great day and a great race. You can read about his version of the race at his new running blog,

Renegade Craft Fair
It all started with an innocent tweet. Kirsten said I wish I could go… I said, Hey I can go, and I will help watch Lachlan… Rachel said, Me too, Me too… And the plan was hatched about 3 days before it happened. Kirsten, Rachel, Lachland and I headed out to Chicago on Friday night so we could spend Saturday walking the streets of the Renegade Craft Fair. It lived up to all our expectations and more, we will definitely have to plan a larger caravan for next year, so everyone interested be sure to keep that in mind! One of the great things was that almost all the booths had cards with their website, so if they didn’t