“If we call these foothills, can we call the little trees 'foot trees?''' (While driving in the foothills.)

'There is no such thing as 'fun for the whole family.''

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put us in an impossible situation.