Five!
What a delight it was to celebrate our LyssLyss as she turned FIVE years old this month! This was her first year to be able to attend VBS (her birthday…
Read moreJune Bullet Post
Here are a few bits and bobs from the last couple of weeks: Paul’s little car got totaled in a hit-and-run. We were able to replace it for a mere…
Read moreRespite
If I were to pick a word to describe this past couple of years, I think “challenging” would be barely adequate. It’s not just the numbers – going from five…
Read moreSaturdays
There are many things in life that I can do without. Luxurious vacations, fancy clothes, me-time – I’m fine without any of that. But take away one of my Saturdays…
Read more19 Years of Geneva Melody
Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, we also celebrated 19 years of Geneva Melody, our resident composer-piano/ukulele player-rapper-drummer-vocalist-music-producer-writer-comedienne. Yeah, she’s crazy talented, low key, and awesome and we love…
Read moreSix!
We had a pretty awesome family time for Efrain’s sixth birthday on Friday. Wait. How is this little man already SIX years old?? He is finishing his first year at…
Read moreA Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…
Read moreNew Traditions
It’s difficult to find time during the actual Easter celebration for two families heavily involved in their respective church’s music ministries to gather for a celebration. On our end of…
Read moreHomecoming
Five weeks ago my li’l boy flew away for an extended vacay with my brother, Doug, and his family in Minnesota. Geneva spent the first week there with him during…
Read moreSun Lakes
A lot of years we have done a photo walk with the family on or the day after New Year’s Day. This year the holiday fell on Sunday, which doesn’t…
Read moreBoxing Day at the Park
After a weekend of celebration and crazy schedules and too much sugar, there’s nothing like getting out into nature a little to settle the minds and hearts of our kiddos.…
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