2013 – A Family Christmas
It is very important that you take a moment to enjoy the serenity of this title image before proceeding to view the rest of the pics of our Christmas Day…
Read moreChristmas Eve(s)
This Christmas week has been glorious – gloriously busy, gloriously blessed, and gloriously frustrating. I can only begin to skim the surface in telling you how much joy and delight…
Read moreThe best laid plans…
The best laid plans of mice, men, or musicians, can oft go awry… Our plans for today were carefully laid. Geneva’s teacher, “Mr. Will,” has been working with her for…
Read moreA whole different thing
Later this week Geneva will be doing some recording, and her teacher thought it would be a good idea for her to try out the piano beforehand, and get a…
Read moreChristmas Baking
I know, I know, I’m late starting the Christmas baking – but whoa, have I found the the perfect frostable sugar cookie recipe! Try it, you’ll see. For this batch,…
Read moreChristmas Lights
I do so love this time of year, driving through the neighborhood and seeing the lights outside people’s homes – it doesn’t matter whether it’s a full-on entertainment show with…
Read moreGlendale Doth Truly Glitter!
Last night Paul and I took eleven kiddos to downtown Glendale for Glendale Glitters – the annual holiday celebration of lights. It lasts about a month, on weekends, and there…
Read moreA Little Night Musicke
It’s been a bit raucous around here this evening — that is, it seemed so when I arrived home around 8:30 with Megan and Mother, having spent the first part…
Read moreThe End of an Era
For many, many years (in fact, for me, as long as I’ve been married – for my husband, longer), we have received a precious gift each holiday season: One ice-cream…
Read moreA Welcome (and LONG overdue) Visit
I don’t know how I missed posting about this, but there you go: “One thing drives out another,” as Butterbur famously said. A couple of weeks ago I was delighted…
Read moreBack in time…
Every little girl’s dream is to be Cinderella — to be transported from the ordinary to the extraordinary, to be dressed in the most fabulous of ball gowns and to…
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