Standiford Family

Since this is going to be the first time in 17 years - since she was 11 - that I won’t be with Kelly on her birthday I figured I better come up with some special way to let her know that I care. The kids and I decided to make this little [...]

Kelly sent me a few more pictures from Utah. Monday she and Janel took the girls on a bike ride around the campus of BYU. Then on Tuesday Janel and one of her sisters took Kelly to Salt Lake and on the way they just happened to stop at the IKEA store. [...]

Sunday morning I dropped the kids off at Linda’s House before church so I could go to choir. Kade fell asleep during Sunday School, I wonder why? After church the kids relaxed and watched a show while I rested on the couch for a few minutes. Our Home Teacher came by for [...]

Last night we took Kelly to Midway Airport in Chicago. She was flying out to Utah to spend some time with Janel. We said our goodbyes and off we drove only to get a phone call from Kelly, just minutes after we left the parking lot, telling me that Southwest had oversold the [...]

Mattey, Kaden and I built a huge tower out of Duplo Legos that stretched from the floor to the ceiling. I managed to wedge the last one on so that it was able to stand on its own. I managed to get one picture before Kade knocked it over. Megan then [...]

I just installed another new feature on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site. You can see this by putting your mouse over the little image that appears after a link. A little window will pop up and display a preview of the site that [...]

Tonight we attended the Open House Picnic at the Girls’ school. We were able to go see their classrooms, find out where they sit and meet their teachers. Obviously we already knew Mattey’s teacher, since Megan had her for first grade but we had never met Megan’s new teacher. They both [...]

Today was the first day of school - didn’t you hear all the Moms shouting for joy? Mattey started 1st grade today and she ended up getting the same teacher that Megan had for 1st grade. That was never something I experienced, so I was curious to hear what the teacher had to [...]

Circuit City has something called the 24-Minute Guarantee and according to their website, “Our in-store pickup is a fast, convenient and satisfying way to shop. Your order is ready when you are! You can research your purchase on our site, buy online and have it in your hands in just 24 minutes—without paying shipping charges”.
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It’s been a while since I have added any new features to this site so I decided it was about time to get busy. It has also been kind of hit or miss on if you would see a new posting when you stopped by for a look. That is a problem I [...]