This page is dedicated to my wonderful husband and children.

Michael is in eighth grade at West Lafayette Junior High School. He likes to do just about everything, and here are some of his favorites ...

• playing nintendo 64 with his friends
• playing piano
• cars (a Miata when he's 16?)
• long distance running (he runs cross country and track)
• tennis
• doing math and math contests
• computer stuff, java, building web pages
• computer games
• playing basketball with his friends & watching NCAA basketball
• reading the sports page
• going to the movies with his friends
• eating out at nice, unusual restaurants (especially Indian and Greek)
• going fun places with family or friends
• learning German so he can go to Germany next summer

• playing nintendo 64 with his friends
• BTV (the Burtsfield TV station): audio,camera,mixing
• playing piano
• gynmastics (he competes at level 6)
• roller coasters
• going to the movies with his friends
• every kind of science: circuits, physics, chemistry, etc, etc
• everything to do with computers and hooking up computer stuff
• computer programming (C, Visual Basic)
• building web pages
• computer games
• reading comic books
• playing basketball with his friends
• eating pasta and desserts
• going to fun places with family or friends

• playing piano
• reading books
• gymnastics (she likes cartwheels)
• eating desserts all day
• playing with her friends
• sleeping over at her friends' houses
• stuffed animals of all kinds, shapes and sizes
• cats (especially our cat, Bella)
• playing in the sandbox and swinging on swings
• having Mommy read, sing, or tell stories
• watching Michael and Jason play nintendo
• watching movies or videos
• going to fun places with family or friends
• giggling, asking questions, talking and telling jokes she makes up

Click here for some family photos.