It's Been a While, Since I . . .

last blogged. Okay, that was my shameless play on the lyrics from Staind's song, "It's Been a While". You know the one. Here, I'll try to add it to my playlist below. I love that song.

Well, a lot has been going on lately. Terri and the boys went to Florida for a week with my in-laws while I stayed home and brought home the bacon (aka worked). My Mom had some health issues causing several late nights in the ER and at their house. (She seems to be okay now. Thanks for asking.)

My sister, Lori and her son, Nick, flew in from Rancho Cucamonga, California. My brother-in-law, Dan, joined them for the weekend and poor Austin, my nephew was left to work at his job in the research library at UCLA where he is a student. So, we've been hanging out with family all week which has been fantastic.

Lori is my oldest sister (10 years my elder) and is one of those people that is just "cool" to be with. She and her husband, my brother, Dan, are just great people with magnetic personalities that you just like and like to be with.

In the meantime, we have been home very little and have had little time for anything else. One thing that we did have time for was to teach Mark to ride a bike and go on several bike rides.

Here's a pic of Mark on his bike.

And here is a pic of his proud brother, Matt. His smile was great when he saw his little brother riding his bike for the first time.