July 13, 2012 (Brian)

Alyssa: I'm always afraid the bridge is going to collapse.

Brian: Mom is afraid of that, too.

Carrie: I'm afraid of that, because I have 4 kids in the back.

Brian: I know. You'd have to pick.

Carrie: Let's not have this conversation out loud.

Pause.

Brian: Are we having it silently now?

July 13, 2012 (Brian)

Ethan: I know how Dad is older than Mom!

Brian: I've always been older than Mom. She keeps trying to catch up to me, but I say, "Not to today!"

July 11, 2012 (Marcus)

(while playing a card game at the family reunion)

We have so much team! We have Grandma and Becca and me!