Do I have to post a long post if I haven't posted in 100 years?

Good, b/c I'm not going to.  I've been gone a long time and a lot has happened since then.  The kids have grown up, I graduated, Madi started kindergarten, Max started pre-school, Becca's almost 2.  Madi's still wicked smart, Max is still over-the-top kind ("Mommy, you da best Mommy in da ho wowd."  or "Mom, thanks for making such a yummy dinner."  I could go on...), and Becca is about the funniest thing running around on 2 legs.  I feel like life's moving so quickly I can hardly take everything in. It's kind of like the feeling you have as a kid on one of those spinning tea cup rides... at first, you try to look around while you're spinning, but pretty soon, you just have to close your eyes and enjoy the thrill of the ride.  While, on the one hand, I wish I could document all these terribly funny and terribly difficult moments as I'm experiencing them, on the other hand, sometimes I feel like I should just close my eyes and enjoy the thrill. 

I would lie if I said I really wanted to blog (if that weren't really amply evident from my 4 month hiatus). I have such mixed feelings toward this funny type of communication.  It sometimes irritates me that even when I try to be honest about how imperfect our lives are, recording only snippets of the memorable times tends to paint a rosier picture than reality.  I've noticed myself comparing my own imperfect self and family life to snippets of others' best moments recorded on their blogs. 

I will probably still occasionally post, if anyone still follows this.

Here's a classic picture from this summer...

Until the next time,
Jenn