Xander auditioned and landed a part as the youngest (on-stage) child in a recent production of Cheaper by the Dozen. He and I had so much fun spending every Monday afternoon ‘practicing’. Finally, he found a healthy use for his ‘lack of an inside voice’. His voice is loud, even when he is trying to […]
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If At First You Don’t Succeed
I’m so thankful for the age of the digital camera… Getting a quality family picture where EVERYONE is looking at the camera can be quite the challenge. ok, I guess we’ll use this one…
Joy
The family Evie married into has a lovely tradition of having the wedding party share during the ceremony. As brides-maids, we were to share with Joe what a gift he was getting in Evie. I chose to focus on her Joy. Lest I forget what I shared, I wanted to write it down somewhere “permenant.” […]
Love
It’s been a season of LOVE in our neck of the woods. My baby sister got married this last month. Nothing like witnessing new love to remind one of the blessings of marriage! We were busy, busy, busy getting everything ready for her wedding! Rich was a trooper, taking care of the boys, so I […]
Explore, Discover, Collapse.
We rediscovered a state treasure this week! The Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a fabulous place to stop for a day trip! The boys and I drove for an hour and landed in an oasis in the middle of the high desert! We met a group of lovely ladies there… …and set off to explore hidden […]
Toothless
Xander had quite the adventure last week. The tooth that he had chipped 3 years ago started to flake apart. (You can thank Rich for not having to view the scary “before” picture that I took.) The poor guy. He could feel it coming apart and would actually pick at it with his fingers, so […]