The LeFort Urban Homestead...

Kiddos @ dusk--would have been out all night if allowed Sunday evening we drove down to Grayslake, IL to share Sunday dinner with our fri...

Table for Two This may have been the best Valentine's weekend ever.  Despite--or perhaps because of--our family's conservative b...

Our new year's celebration was fairly quiet and low-key.  A few friends came over with their children, we enjoyed good food and beverage...

Frozen lake of yesteryear We've not quite made it through the holidays, but the seed catalogs are already pouring into my mailbox.  I...

Vera enjoys poking the pizza dough. It's December now so it's "officially" winter.  That's according to the local w...

People always say that time flies when you have young children, but that really couldn't be more true.  Over the weekend we celebrated V...