I wasn't aware he was being boycotted by conservatives. Over what?

Doc, I went to the Field Museum last year just to see those lions. I'd been wanting to go there since watching The Ghost and the Darkness in college.

Congrats!

Mollie, your father-in-law was in the same class as my father-in-law. This last reunion was one of the few he's missed. Small world.

Most awkward moment: watching a movie with someone you don't know well, or perhaps an elderly relative, or perhaps your father, when a love scene comes on. I always want to hide under my chair.

While I'm sitting feeding the baby, which is multiple times a day. And before she was sleeping through the night, reading Ricochet made those 3:00am feedings fly!

Ok, I'm posting more, then. 

And by the way Ryan and Larry, those are some cute kiddos. 

Ooh, Ryan M. gets two pictures, so I'm posting another one. This weekend, at 3 months old:

Contestant #1, Georgia. My husband says, "bring it...."

Haha, love it!

Ah, I knew there was more to this story than just the "Obama administration is persecuting this family because they homeschool" angle presented on Facebook.

LOVE this song! Thanks for featuring it. Great road trip song, too.

She:

"Now, if I'd been in charge of plotting this out, last night's atrocity would have involved a Fenian coming over from Ireland, chasing after The Marxist, and mistakenly taking out someone else.  So much potential for angst, familial distress, discord, and survivor guilt . . ."

Ooh, that's good. So much more understated and well-thought out than what happened. 

"Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old," by Garth Brooks."Amarillo by Morning," by George Strait.

One sentence: feces in plastic bags. So, yes, I do feel bad for the passengers, and even worse for the crew (who had to go around collecting those bags).