We Have A New President

President Barack Obama waves alongside his wife, Michelle, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, as former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, leave the U.S. Capitol by helicopter

Indoor Rock Climbing

Today we took our Cub Scout Den to Triangle Rock Climbing [http://www.trianglerockclub.com/] for some indoor adventure on a cold, drizzly Sunday. We climbed with someone belaying, an auto belayer (my

Travel in 2050

Today I encouraged (read: forced) the kids to work on creative projects. I had a list of suggestions they could pick from, or they could come up with their own. Grace decided that

Icy Reflection

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3207882361/] It has been pretty cold recently, going down to near single digits overnight. This is the stream that normally runs behind my house, and it is