The Skarin Family Blog

Looking back over the last year and a half, I haven’t done too much blogging.  Life has been getting in the way!  Only 95 posts in 2014 and 35 in 2015 as compared to about 200 in previous years.  While 200 blog posts in one year may be a bit of overkill, 35 seems a bit on the low side....

Today my brother asked to be a guest writer on our blog…Who am I to say no?  Here is what he had to say.  Love you, Dan! Live, Laugh, Love! One year ago today our Mom passed away.  As we remember the most wonderful person that has come  into our lives this is a rough attempt to recreate the (off...

(Posted 1/28/16) Today Logan and I went to Evan’s school for a ceremony for all of the students who received the Excellent Effort Award for the month of November.  Each month every classroom teacher chooses a student from the classroom who has displayed excellent effort over the course of the month.  These students are recognized with a short ceremony and...

Dear Evan, I just kissed you good night and tucked you in to bed for the last time before you start kindergarten tomorrow.  Tomorrow!!!  How can that be?  The last five years have flown by, kiddo, but you are ready.  You are definitely ready.  It’s me who isn’t!  I am so excited for this journey that you are about to...

Dear Logan, I just kissed you good-night for the last time as a two year old!  It is hard to believe that tomorrow you will be three!  Where has the time gone?!?!  I feel like I just wrote your two-year old letter…well, maybe because I did!  I promise to try to do better from here on in.  I can’t promise...

In an effort to get back to blogging…(you gotta start somewhere, right??)…Most of the posts from July 2014 until today are (hopefully going to be) post-dated.  I really enjoy updating our readers on the lives of these two sweet boys but can’t always find the time to do so. So anyway, in an effort to get back to blogging…today we...

Hi Mom!  It’s me.  I haven’t “talked” to you in a while but I couldn’t let Mother’s Day pass without wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.  Oh, Mom, I miss you so much!  There is so much I want to say, so much to tell you but I can’t seem to find the words. We’ve been really busy this last...

Dear Evan, Happy 5th birthday, buddy!  You are asleep in bed and have been for about an hour after a very busy day and week of fun and celebration.  Today we spent the day at the New England Aquarium with Daddy, Logan, Omi and Grandpa Bob.  It was Omi and Grandpa’s last day here before heading back to Washington.  After...

Dear Logan, I am writing you this letter for your second birthday but I am writing it almost 9 months late.  I apologize for that but we have been quite busy having lots of fun and I just never got around to it.  But when you consider that you came along about 9 months earlier than we expected you, maybe...

I took this picture on May 2, 2013. It has been framed in Evan’s room for almost 2 years.  The other day he drew a copy of it for Logan and gave it to him with this note.  “The circle in the middle is supposed to be a heart, Mom.” Then today, Evan decided that we should frame his drawing...