One of the things I love most about the East Coast is that so many states are so close together... we spent a lovely day in Rhode Island. R...

It's hard to believe that summer has come to an end! As I've been looking through photos from this summer I decided to condense a wh...

Yesterday Olivia's fourth grade participated in the best activity of the year. They dressed up as pioneers (Olivia chose her clothes a...

There are definite perks to having Ryan be both computer savvy AND employed by a publishing company --and of course the fact that he is gene...

Dear Sophia Madelynn , We are so glad you have arrived safely to our family. We had a long hard night before you were born, but you were so...

A couple of years ago, I somehow agreed (willingly, I might add) to co-chair a family reunion for five generations of the Crook family in 20...

For the last several months I've been working on an extended family newsletter. Several of my many cousins and I felt like it was an im...