December was a very busy month for the family. I’ve already posted photos from our late Halloween as well as for Joey’s Birthday and Christmas. We were able to get the kids out on their sleds a couple of times this first winter in Wisconsin.
When you move to a place that calls [...]

Treasure Tables, a blog for game masters, has an interesting post consisting of excerpts from a great number of role playing games describing the role of game master in that game. My favorite from the list has got to be from the RPG “Macho Women With Guns”:

You are the GM, and in game terms [...]

Today proved to be very special. I managed to be awake when the kids got up and witnessed Joey’s first reaction: He ran out of his bedroom and into the living room and exclaimed, “Look at all this stuff!” The kids had an enormous quantity of gifts to open, shipped from far and [...]

This evening we set up the Christmas Tree and prepared the kids for Christmas Day. The kids helped us put up and decorate the Christmas tree. They definitely know that something is coming!
Photos are available in this album.

Nezeramontias Mod
Brett and Suzanne from my biweekly C&C game recommended this mod when they learned that I was a huge fan of Diablo II. I’ve never modded Diablo II before, and wasn’t sure what to expect. The plot line looks familiar but the structure of the game, such as the items and skills [...]

We celebrated Joey’s birthday today. There is something almost magical about the third birthday; so many toys, like Lego, Play-Doh and various board games become accessible. We saved the Lego for Christmas, but Joey received plenty of Play-Doh from us and from Sarah’s parents. I can see we’ll be playing with many [...]

We were hit today with our first real snow of the season. The forecast predicted eight inches or so. We’ll see how accurate they were in the morning.
Sarah left work early and we took the kids out to play with their sleds. A video of today’s fun is available in this [...]

Everyone was sick this past Halloween, so we decided to wait to get the kids dressed up in their costumes. Last night, we finally got around to putting the kids into their Halloween costumes. We dressed Maggie up as a pink flamingo and Joey as a toucan. Maggie wanted to get the [...]