The Skarin Family Blog

Last summer the plants in our garden yielded a really good crop, especially the tomatoes, which we were picking by the quart.  We didn't give it a ton of attention because we were a little busy, especially at the end of the summer, but it still did quite well.  We saved seeds from a few different veggies - 3 varieties...

Last night we had our hands full (well not really) with four of the best little boys on the planet.  It was the night of the Boys & Girls Club Auction and so we babysat for Danny and Sean.  It has been a while since the cousins had much time to play together and they all had fun.  Danny had...

Gigi has returned from Vero Beach, FL where she had a great winter with Great Aunt Bet.  Today we stopped by for a short visit before meeting Kristie for lunch.  As always, it was wonderful to see her and the boys helped to brighten her day on this cold, rainy, yucky, spring day! Logan smiles nicely while Evan is a...

After such a busy March and first few days of April, we have been enjoying a relatively quiet month since returning home from Florida.  The weather has been quite nice and warmand sunny enough for us to get outside most days.  It has been fun to watch Evan rediscover “old toys” and to watch Logan figure out “this outside thing”....

Dear Logan, Today you are 8 months old and you are the droolyist little guy ever!  You wear a bib all the time and we are still waiting on more teeth, which must be coming soon.  You had a month full of firsts - your first flight, your first trip to the beach, your first time in a pool, lots...

Well another trip to Fort Myers has come to an end and again we had a wonderful time.  Our 11 days were busy but filled with a lot of fun.  It was Logan’s first vacation filled with lots of firsts - flight, swim in a pool, trip to the beach, time meeting Allie.  Here is a collection of photos from...

It has become a bit of a tradition during our trips to Fort Myers for Gramma and Mommy to have a day of brunch/lunch and shopping while the boys do whatever it is that they decide to do.  Sometimes they stay at the condo and swim, sometimes they go to a park and playground.  Today they decided to go to...

I mentioned in the Pirate Golf post that Gramma & Papa had a new place that we were able to see, at least on the outside, on Thursday.  That was just after their offering price had been accepted by the seller.  Today we were able to actually go in and see it.  This is something they have been thinking about...

Today we took Logan on his first trip to the beach.  We drove over to Sanibel, planning to go to the beach for a few hours and then go to the Mucky Duck for lunch.  We were having so much fun that we decided to just stay at the beach and eat the few snacks that we brought with us....

Two other things that have become somewhat of a tradition on our trips to Fort Myers are a trip to Lakes Park and “salmon on Sunday” with Uncle Jon and Allie. Our trip to Lakes Park was Wednesday when the weather was still a bit too cool for the pool and beach.  It is funny though because I thought we...