Posted in Everyday, Family on Jan 2nd, 2012 1 Comment »
11:00pm I think we stumbled across a new Zug Family tradition this year. After a party and game night with some friends in the Belltown area, we parted ways with the group and wandered into The Lucky Diner to wait for the Space Needle fireworks. We sat in the corner booth, surrounded by huge windows [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 25th, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Everyday, Family, Ruthie on Nov 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Kayden: “I’m the leader of flowers, Thomas is the leader of soccer, and Cannon is the leader of firemen.” Ruthie: “Yeah, and I’m the leader of them all!”
Posted in Family on Nov 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
Bryan’s uncle spent the last several years putting together their family history. In his research he discovered his grandfather – Bryan’s great-grandfather – had a brother nobody knew about who died as a young man. Bryan’s uncle was able to track down this man’s grandchildren, who also didn’t know their grandfather had a brother. That [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Oct 27th, 2010 No Comments »
My friend Giyen tweeted about a Virgin America sale back in August. One thing led to another and before I realized what happened I’d booked a three week trip to visit the Land of Zug. I was all, BRYAN CAN WORK ANYWHERE WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION! And then I was all, I CAN WORK ANYWHERE [...]
Posted in Family on Feb 19th, 2010 5 Comments »
Posted in Family, Travel on Feb 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
Posted in Family on Aug 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
I got a call on my cell phone several hours ago from my mother. I debated whether or not to answer it, because we were in the car and about to pick up our kids from a friend’s house. But I answered, figuring I could just say a quick hello, then call her back later. [...]
Posted in Family, Fun Pile, Travel on Jun 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
It is June 5th, and I’m wearing jeans, socks, a sweater, and I turned my heat on for a couple hours today just to take the edge off. Yesterday the kids asked for hot chocolate, my seeds are not sprouting in the garden, and I’m sick of being cold. So you know what? I’m giving [...]
Posted in Family, Food & Drink on Jan 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
This weekend my dad and step mom came over for dinner to celebrate Christmas since we were gone for so long over the holidays. We had a great time, and after dinner and presents Bryan challenged my dad to a bowling match on the Wii. Turns out my dad and step mom are both extremely [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Jan 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
We spent New Year’s Eve at my BIL’s house, and my SIL mentioned something about watching cage fighting over the weekend while we were gone. I’ve known my BIL has been into cage fighting for years, so this prompted me to ask the question of whether she was into it because HE was into it, [...]
Posted in Bryan, Family, Travel on Jan 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
A few days ago we drove the kids through the neighborhood Bryan grew up in. I’ve seen it all before, but it was fun to take the kids – especially Ruthie, who seems to have understood these were places Daddy was when he was little like her. This is Bryan’s Grandma’s house, now owned and [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Dec 30th, 2007 No Comments »
We are spending the weekend with my brother, his wife, and my seven year old nephew – about two hours away from Bryan’s family. We started off the weekend by playing Guitar Hero for about two hours, which, I have to say, is the only video game I have been able to beat my husband [...]
Posted in Family, Picture Book on Dec 25th, 2007 3 Comments »
Posted in Family, Picture Book, Ruthie on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
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