Ashlland Photography Wins the Holy Stink Award

The Family did pictures last Saturday and Adam was true to form! Head on over to www.ashllandblog.blogspot.com to see our beautiful kids online.

PS Tiffany & Janet did a fantastic job staying with us and capturing the moments of our crazy life. They made it fun and painless, both in the wallet as well as at the shoot. Check em out!

Schwatzenburg

There's a game we occasionally play in our house. We call it Schwatzenburg. When we need to retreat we play it. The rules are a little different each time we play. This is our game:

Everyone speaks in a funny accent that can change at any moment.
There is a trigger word. When one player utters the word the rest of the players must follow up with a complimentary phrase. For example if the key word is "Father", when one person says "Father," the rest of the players follow it up with the key phrase of "Oh, How I love my Father, I really Do." Or if the word is "Trouble," When the word is spoken the rest of us follow up with, "Trouble? OOOHHHH! Notty, Notty." We change the keyword every time we play.

This game is great because there is very little to remember and it really works to change the mood in any given setting.

If you have need of retreat in your home try this one.