An Ordinary Family with Three Special Kids
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2011
It can be difficult when a sibling gets invited to a birthday party. It’s hard to watch him go shopping for a special gift and talk about the special event both before and after. However, the Draz boys and their cousins have solved this dilemma; they simply create a party of their own. Last weekend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2011
I’m not sure which of us was more excited when we discovered that Jen was having a daughter. I had four grandsons and she had two sons so this would be the first girl. We immediately began shopping for “girlie” clothes. After all, boys’ clothes are extremely boring, but little girls’ clothes are adorable. We [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 1st, 2011
At the Draz house we always say, “We don’t do Halloween.” In the strictest sense, this is true: we don’t take the children out in the cold to go door-to-door collecting candy. However, this year the Draz kids had every bit as much Halloween fun as children in any other family. It began on October [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2011
The Vikings play today at noon. However, I think I have a football game you will enjoy much more; you are about to watch Drew and Ryan play football, SMA style. Here’s how it works: each boy has a grownup on their team (in this case papa is on Drew’s team and mom is on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2011
Drew and Ryan have been constant buddies for years. When Ry headed off to first grade in September Drew was sad, anticipating the long days without his best friend. However, lately Karli has been doing a good job of filling the void. Drew reads books to Karli, they play with silly putty and with animals, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2011
After a relaxing Sunday morning the Draz guys prepared for the Vikings game. Snacks were selected and the boys put on their jerseys. The game started out very promising. Here you can see the guys celebrating the very early touchdown: Soon, however, the Packers had taken the lead and the Draz guys lost interest. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2011
This year Ry had the brilliant idea to celebrate his birthday during the summer when the weather was beautiful, we didn’t have to worry about cold and flu season germs and we were able to choose a day convenient for friends and family. It was a great party. Yesterday, October 21, Ry officially became seven, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2011
Last evening Ryan asked Jay to build a fort in the playroom. Jay immediately swung into action. Before long the children were nestled inside the fort watching TV. Soon daddy joined them. Sometimes it’s the simple activities that children enjoy the most! Nana Barb “The best things in life are not things.”– Unknown
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2011
If you are a family member or close family friend you know that Karli’s birthday isn’t until December 29. However, the Draz Fam celebrated her third birthday on October 2. You see, we thought Ryan had a great idea when he decided to celebrate his birthday during the summer rather than in late October. Since [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2011
A few days ago the delete key on my computer became loose. Although I couldn’t manage to secure it, I knew it would be no problem for the staff at the genius bar at the Apple Store so I made an appointment for the next day. That evening Karli and Jen were using my computer [...]