Throughout elementary school I spent a significant amount of time at my grandparents house. It was full of treasures, a mysterious basemen...

Growing Up, I have distinct memories of spending days being sick at my Yia-yia's house. My infinitely brilliant mom, packed me up i...

some of these pictures are almost a year old! I really love baking with Behr. If you know me, you would know I am a bit OCD with ab...

Lately our lives have been full of family. Weekends are packed with visits and visitors. Hudson is content to be held all day. Behr has th...

Mark and I both had family members pass away rather suddenly this past weekend. And while these family members had lived long full lives, th...

A generation has passed. In saying goodbye to Yia-yia, a chapter of my family closed. All of my grandparents have passed away. It is some...

This post was written last week.  Since then, I wrote my yia-yia post and realized that a lot of the emotion of this year is coming to a he...

Grandparents can be the best adults to little kids.  They come over, play games, swoon over you, and bring gifts. My grandparents had an e...

Grandmom and Aunt Mary in 1986 This past year has marked the passing of my Grandfather, Aunt, and Grandmother all on my Mom's side o...

pop-pop's interment at arlington My grandfather, Ret. Lt. Col. Leo Paradise Died - May 2010 Laid to Rest at Arlington - September 2...

Today, my family is gathering at Arlington National Cemetery for the internment of my grandfather Ret. Lt. Col. Leo James Paradise .  He pas...

Thank you to all of our service men and women. To those who are active, retired, in the reserves, or who have fallen serving or country. T...

Last weekend we went to PA and had time to catch up with everyone. First we celebrated Michael's graduation with a huge party. It was ...

This is a picture of Yia-Yia helping me make Baklava before the wedding. (notice her styled coif) She is always up to something when she is...