LaurenandLloyd.com

It all started with a comment from James Sanders, who read the post on Calvary’s dinner/auction fundraiser and was wondering if the Engelbrechts that we knew were related to some of his ancestors who were from around them parts.  My dad knows just about everyone and who their parents were and things like that that [...]

*sigh*  The buffer year between me and forty is gone.  I’m 39 today!  I’ve got two whole days to lord my oldness over Lloyd before he joins me, and believe you me – I’ll milk it for everything it’s worth!  I’ll try to be nice, though, because I really like my present. I share this [...]

We made it!  Thirteen hours door-to-door.  I will never. do. that. again.  There is a reason that we have jobs – so we can afford a hotel room and take two days.    It wasn’t all bad – Lloyd played songs on his iPhone, we read books, ate a ton of junk from the cooler, and [...]

Good grief Lloyd’s been gone a long time.  He’s having fun in Missouri now at the annual Sommerer Family Reunion at Heit’s Point.  I’m sad to not be there for the music, fun and bacon. (mmmmm…. bacon)  I don’t miss the mosquitos, though.  If you didn’t catch it last year, here’s the movie we made [...]

My sister Keren lives in Alaska (can you believe it?) and came down to the lower 48 with her boys. We met up in Denver for a whirlwind evening/morning of swimming/talking/eating/shopping. It was great! I don’t know about the rest of you, but my family lives far apart and we don’t often have the chance [...]

Gadget Boy was here last night, with more wonderful toys! My brother Mark works for the Seminary in St. Louis and was in Nebraska doing some visits and he got to stay the night. He showed us his super-cool Garmin, which has an MP3 player, a photo album, language translators, a GPS guidance system and [...]