The Harmelings

DJ’s grandfather Henry Harmeling II (a.k.a. Hank, or Bop) is a West Point grad, a retired officer in the Army, and was a POW in the Korean War. He has shared some amazing stories over the years. Here he is today, celebrating at a Veteran’s Day luncheon. DJ’s dad, Henry II a.k.a. Dutch, was also [...]

The first, from Jack. I was commenting that the nasty carved pumpkins are molding and need to go in the trash. Jack said, “That’s a good job for daddy. Daddy likes gross stuff, that’s what he is a lawyer.” A text message from our favorite viking neighbor midwife mom: “Just drove by your house, Annike [...]

D: what do you like best about school? Jack: group work, cuz it’s when you learn the most. D: what is group work? Is is when you do your letters and your addition and subtraction? Jack: yes, mostly they ask like 20 + 20, 40. And 40 + 40, 80. And they ask 100 + [...]

We just spent a lovely weekend in Carpinteria. I love that place. The campground has three distinct areas with different levels of hookups and benefits. The beach if just beautiful and teaming with sea life. The town is just blocks a way with adorable restaurants. No wonder this is one of the busiest campgrounds on [...]

Got the fam all dressed up, and headed out to a couple parties plus trick-or-treating. Safely in bed by 9. Perfect!

The Chargers won! Yay! And we parked and tailgated next to the ESPN-made-famous Raider nation fans. These are the three guys you see in the front row of every game – all spooky with their face paint, skulls, spikes, etc. (Even the Gorilla dude.) Turns out, they were really nice. We laughed at them for [...]