Adirondack Balloon Festival

On Thursday, Kelsey, Rayleigh, and I attended the opening day of the Adirondack Balloon Festival, held at Crandall Park in Glens Falls. The opening day involved over a dozen balloons taking off from the big field at Crandall Park. There were a bunch of food vendors there, and they had a free concert in the … Continued

Labor Day and Camping

Over the Labor Day long weekend, we drove down to Delaware with Autumn and Wes and their adorable baby girl Ailey. We stayed in Bethany, and went to Bethany Beach and Rehoboth Beach. We enjoyed the boardwalk and ocean for a few days away and some great end of the summer weather.  Although Rayleigh was … Continued

Building a Composter

We got a composter last Christmas from Kelsey’s parents, and we absolutely loved it. We loved it so much, in fact, that we broke it from overuse. We decided that we needed a new composter, for a variety of reasons: The composter we had broke, and new kitchen scraps were causing it to attract more … Continued

Pop-Pop’s Boat

Around Christmastime, when we told our parents that Kels was pregnant, my parents wanted to know if there was anything in particular that we needed that we likely wouldn’t get at a baby shower. We told them that we needed a bassinet or a cradle for our bedroom for the first two months or so, … Continued

Two Big Ks, One Little R

We had a baby! Her name is Rayleigh Ann Elizabeth Forrester, and she was born at 8:46 PM on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. She weighed in at 8 lbs, 6 oz, and is 20 inches long. My Aunt Mary Eshenour was the winner of the contest – she guessed Female, 8/11, 21.7, and 8 lbs … Continued