New Blog

Yes, Larry and Holly have finally joined the blogging world!! Hopefully, at least on a semi-regular basis, we will be able to keep you updated more easily this way on our crazy life as we wade through the trials and joys of residency and raising our two wonderful boys.
To get things started, this past week was a very busy one for our family. Larry switched from the relaxed lifestyle of being a resident at the VA where the day typically starts at 7 and ends at 5 with a very manageable pace of clinic and surgery during the day - typically. He is now back at the University hospital as the chief resident of the service and his days, at least this week, started before 6 every day and ended after 8. As you might guess, this week WORE ME OUT and fell asleep Friday night while reading Gary The Whindingdilly on the couch (he was the last one up that night) at about 8 pm and waking up to the tears and laughter of our boys at about 7 am. I'm still not fully recovered but am getting there... But who knows what this week has in store. Saturday, Larry spent the afternoon once again working on the bathroom (pretty much a weekly project ever since April) and things are now set up for laying tile hopefully next Saturday. A new ceiling light was also installed in the kitchen and he barely managed to get the house cleaned before Holly and the boys returned home from their day trip down south where they rode canoes and horses and played with their friends (the Sharpe's, Griffin's and Tobler's).
Holly has continued with her sewing projects and was able to make a variety of new pillow cases to match the quilt she previously made as well as a couple other inventive things for around the house.
Gary just finished with his second week of school and has quickly realized that school is not for having fun but for learning (which is what he explained to Bram one day as his younger brother was upset he couldn't go to school with Gary). It is a little different how even in kindergarten they only get 20 minutes of recess right after lunch and otherwise they're in different learning activities ... all day long. Poor Mrs. Jones! Gary loves his Transformer toys (much to his mother's chagrin), even more than his Star Wars toys (much to his father's sorrow).
Bram is enjoying having his "mama's" undivided attention for about 7 hours a day starting from when they walk Gary the mile to school in the morning until they pick him up with the stroller in the afternoon. Holly still hasn't figured out how to use this "one child down" status to her advantage but she's working hard on that.
Well, that's it for us for now. We'll try to be as faithful bloggers as possible!