The Skarin Family Blog

Today we had a long overdue (as always) play date with Annalia and Emily.  We played inside, we played outside.  The kids ate lunch inside, the mom’s ate lunch outside.  They had hoodsie cups outside and a treasure hunt inside.  It was a great day with two of our favorite ladies! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service...

Sometimes you get together with friends and family for holidays.  Sometimes to celebrate something special…a wedding, a birthday, a new job, etc.  Sometimes you just party just to party!  That was the case today at Emily and Ray’s.  Always good to get together with friends…no matter what the reason!! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has...

For at least five years, I have been wanting to run the Blessing of the Fleet in Narragansett.  I intended to run it a couple of times in the past but due to injury or pregnancy I was never able to.  Until tonight!  The weather was a little shaky to start but really the rain felt good.  75+, rainy and...

Lately Evan has been showing a lot of signs that he is getting ready for school.  While part of me is a little sad that he won’t be here with me for those hours each week, I know he will LOVE it!  Can’t wait to see and hear all about what he learns and does at school!! Photo slideshow from...

It has been hot, hot, hot!!  And what else is there to do when it’s hot, hot, hot but swim, swim, swim?? Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here. Evan is putting together the pieces to jump rope Logan is dancing to Wally just like...

Over the last month, Logan has been working on his crawling.  Here is a collection of videos showing his progress.  (Hopefully someday, in my “spare time”, I’ll learn how to edit video so that I can just highlight the good/fun/important parts of the videos.) This first video already appeared in the blog in the Many Ways to Crawl post but...

We have known for a while now that Bruce needed a new car.  His car was still running ok and there was nothing really forcing us to test drive or buy a new car.  That is until last week.  On the 3rd, after a difficult day with Evan, Bruce called to tell me that his car broke down and he...

Tonight, Bruce and I attended Patience and Nico’s beautiful wedding in Newport.  Patience and I have been friends since the 7th grade…over 20 years ago!!  She has met and married an amazing man who treats her the way she deserves to be treated, like a princess.  They have traveled to some amazing places together, especially when you consider that they...

You may remember this photo of Evan from when he was about 9 months old, sitting in the rocking chair that Grandpa Bob made for him. Today, Logan decided to check out the rocking chair.  He has sat in it before but never for very long…there are many more distractions with all of Evan’s cool big boy toys.  I’d say...

Happy 11 months, little man!  Your personality continues to be sunny and cheerful most of the time.  You are pulling up on more and more things - the hassock, the coffee table, the play table.  You aren’t quite walking around them but that will come quickly I’m sure.  You are feeding yourself more and more which is quite helpful to...