Has it already been more than a year since I posted anything on my dusty ol' blog? Sadly true. In fact, it was receiving my annual web hosting bill that reminded me that I was even still out there in cyberspace.

So what to do? Well, I paid my bill and resolved to blog more. Hehe. We'll see how that goes.

I think the key to keeping me honest is not to put so much pressure on myself. So yes, I'm going to be blogging more (really, I swear). But it'll be different - a short n' sweet version of my former self.

Thus, in a nutshell, the past year has been as busy as ever between life with three kids and the daily grind of work. Keira: totally embracing the role of the oldest, from bossying her younger minions around, to tattling on their mischief, to protecting them from life's dangers and bullies. Ellie: talking up a storm, trying to deal with her archnemesis (Bryce-zilla), and copying her older sister in every motion, word, and decision. And Bryce: what a fierce one he's turned out to be! Without hesitation, he'll look you straight in the eye, stomp his foot, and holler, "NAH!" And yet he can be such a charmer, too; ever the politician, he loves wandering the aisles of restaurants, shaking diners' hands and offering a smile to anyone who's looking.

My three loveys. Could life - in all its zaniness - get any better? I don't think so.