I spent my day off from school with my cousin Lexie and she played in the kitchen for hours with me. I loved the banging of pots and pans and especially trying to reach the microwave.
Married in Alexandria Bay, New York on August 27, 2002 we celebrated the addition of Martha Ann Mitchell on November 3, 2008. Since we didn't know the sex of our baby to be and looked at potential names for our little one, we discussed family name options—Stairvester Shanks seemed to stick the best while Martha continued to grow and thus we are using it for the title of her blog.