Yesterday my wife carted away more than half of our family. She had kids in every legal space in my truck, and the truck bed looked like the Beverly Hillbillies were alive and well. They plan to be gone for a week. I’m not sure I can last that long. Read more
I spent a good portion of the day in The Rabbit Room. It’s Jonathan’s fault. He was a year younger than me in high school, so I suppose the same holds today. He was a sharp young man then, witty and creative and dapper, to boot. I rediscovered him some Read more
One of Sadie and Annabelle’s friends has a dad who is starting Crossfit for kids here in Happy Valley. Team Sublett is not devoid of athletic ability, but I don’t know that I’d say it’s our strong suit. We’ve been members at the YMCA, but most of our time there Read more
It’s pretty remarkable, no doubt about it. I also have a 17 year old. And a 16, 15 (in 2 weeks), 14, 13, and 12 year old. Just typing that makes me laugh. I got to tell part of our adoption journey (Charlie and Isaac’s stories) this past Sunday at Read more
I’ve written some pretty detailed posts about my daughter Josie’s ear surgeries. If you want to read them they are here, here, here, and here. But the cliff’s notes version is that Josie was practically deaf. Scar tissue from years of untreated infections marred her ear canals. Both ear drums Read more
Today we did a little junk swapping. Oh, I suppose we could call it treasure swapping. After all, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right? Every so often Team Sublett goes on a jettisoning rampage. We have a pretty high tolerance for the accumulation of, ahem, stuff. I have Read more
I’ve had the last few nights off from Crucible, which has been a good thing. We’ve capitalized on the time, hitting some of the family things that get lost to rehearsal schedules. Monday was our first for-real sit down, un-rushed family dinner in a few weeks. Yesterday was a tremendous Read more
We spent a great afternoon with some fabulous friends today. Levi had to work, so he wasn’t able to join us, but we spent the evening at DelGrosso’s Amusement Park in terrific Tipton, PA. Folks who have a season pass can bring a guest into the park with them every Read more
I’m pretty sure she found them at walmart. Kim bought a small pack of glow-in-the-dark stars (plus one crescent moon) for Charlie’s room. The boy loves the moon and stars. One of the first words that he could pronounce–he doesn’t have many at this point–is MOON. There have been nights Read more
I was frantically trying to assemble the new grill so that Curtis Price would have a nice workspace for our 4th of July party. Of course, it was mere hours before the party and I was attempting to slap the grill together as Levi and Isaac were putting the finishing Read more