Author Archives: Jessica@Team Rasler

What passes for summer

The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been thumbing its nose at us, as well as the rest of the overheated country, apparently, by refusing to be warm and summery.  So when Shell said she was hosting a link-up of summer fun pictures, I figured there wasn’t much chance I could join in. But then…

A decade and a half

Minus 7 In those days we were Just Friends.  We met freshman year, before classes even began, waiting in line for an English class that I would end up dropping.  But the boy who turned out to live upstairs from me was a keeper.  The following summer we took our very first road trip together…

First bites

I’m going to admit it right up front:  I’m a picky eater.  There is a long list of foods that I don’t care to eat, beginning with the dreaded green A’s (avocado, asparagus, and artichoke – yuck).  So it was no great shock to me when Sebastian began to show a…shall we call it distinguished?…palate….

Birthday weekends

A little over a year ago, we were given a choice of birthdays for Theo, since he refused to flip over and had to be delivered by c-section.  They offered us July 8th as one of our options, but that is Sebastian’s birthday, so I vetoed it.  I don’t really care for sharing things like…

Why I love having boys

No matter when you find out that you’re having a boy – at the ultrasound or at the birth – you immediately begin picturing what he and your future life will look like.  You may be excited about the prospect of having a son, but perhaps a little terrified.  So I’m here to tell you…