An Ordinary Family with Three Special Kids
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2012
On December 29 Drew and Ry’s baby sister turned three. We have all enjoyed every single minute with Karli (well, I guess we could have done without the terrible-two tantrums:) Because Karli’s birthday comes right after Christmas we celebrated it last summer, so we didn’t have a party. However, we did have a photo shoot. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 31st, 2011
Drew was healthy, Ry was recovered from his procedure, our friends and relatives were here; Christmas 2011 couldn’t have been better. We began Christmas Eve with the Second Annual Draz Fam program. The children read the story of Jesus’ birth, Mark read “The Night before Christmas”, Jay and John told Christmas jokes and Papa passed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2011
The Draz children are like many other yuppie children; if there is something that they REALLY, REALLY want, they most likely have it. In years past, Christmas gifts were often used and admired for a few hours and then essentially ignored. Thus, a few years ago we began to emphasize the true meaning of Christmas [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2011
Nothing new to report; both boys continue to recover–Ry from his procedure and Drew from an illness. We pass the days doing school work, treatments, reading Christmas books, playing computer games and watching a little TV. Since there’s not much going on at the Draz home, I’m taking this opportunity to post a couple of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2011
Many of you mentioned how much you enjoyed Jen’s clever post about Karli’s outing with daddy. Unfortunately, she is usually far too busy to post, so you are once again stuck with me. This has been a busy week for the Draz Fam. On Wednesday Ry had his tonsils and adenoids removed. Ry was a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2011
Guest blog written by Jen Hi, Jen here. Guest blogging and giving The Rosa (aka Nana aka Barb aka The Barbarosa) a blog break. Disclaimer: if there is a lot of uncensored poop talk, understand that I have had a few glasses of Chardonnay. On Sunday, my lovely hubby took our lovely daughter to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 11th, 2011
Saturday was a quiet day. I grabbed the camera to capture a moment in time–not a special moment, but one that represents days at the Draz home. Ryan was sorting his pencils and markers. Drew was playing games on the computer. As usual, Karli was “reading.” No, it’s not always that calm around here, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2011
Both Ry and Karli have had runny noses and sore throats for several days. This morning Ry also had a slight fever. Thus, the day began with a trip for strep tests. Thankfully both children tested negative, but Jen did return with a Karli anecdote. As they left the clinic Jen noticed the parking lot [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2011
On Sunday we woke to a snow-covered landscape. The snow doesn’t stay on the trees for long, but while it does it’s beautiful. Sunday is always a busy day. First on the agenda were haircuts for the Draz kids. Then daddy got out the snow blower. In the afternoon the guys watched yet another Viking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2011
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” at the Draz home. Yesterday Jen and the children hung the stockings and the boys and I made an advent calendar—it’s the Christmas tree hanging from the mantle with the stockings. We were starting to wonder whether we would have a white Christmas this year. A couple [...]