We met Mason for lunch at Chick-fil-A and everybody loves that they have an indoor play place.

A final picture for this particular photo series – the worst idea for a photo series ever. (Why did I think it was a good idea to pose a small child on a tall object?)

Total marks the end of a 10 year run (or almost). Ben took his last bottle. These bottles have been around a long, long time. I bought them when we realized Alex was going to be a formula baby. Alex, Harper, Mackenzie, Kaitlyn, and Ben all used these bottles. They are done. Babies are done….

Unfortunately the laundry from our trip didn’t disappear while I ignored it. In fact, the kids’ pile seems to continue to grow. Today, my plan is to make it all disappear.

I was sorting pictures from Thanksgiving and found this one. It’s a picture of Uncle Wade performing his famous “Burch Lock” on the kids. He starts the kids off with a “Burch Lock 1” and then twists them into a crazy configuration that they can easily escape. They love it and continually ask for harder…

Just in case you were wondering – this is what the charging situation looks like for a family of 6 (with only 5 electronics users) when we stay in a hotel overnight.

Today was all driving. We stopped for quick lunch and then a longer dinner. We tried for a quick first birthday song and candle at dinner, but Ben was tired and not happy that we wouldn’t let him hold the lit candle. This is now twice he has tried to grab the flame. He’s a…