I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in California on Jun 10th, 2020
Today I hit a wall emotionally. I have used up a whole tank of gas just driving back and forth to TO for appointments and groceries in the past nine days. After months of sharing one car with Derek and only going out maybe every ten days or so for the past three months, it’s […]
Posted in California on Dec 7th, 2019
Today the kids spent their last night with Julia, who has been babysitting them since her freshman year. She’s one of the few people I trust to do Annie’s feeds and breathing treatments and put all five kids to bed by herself! She’s been through a lot with us, including all the foster drama of […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth on Nov 15th, 2019
So this was not the best quality from the first dress rehearsal, but mid-song, Elizabeth shows off her Latvian accent. This is one of her favorite songs from the show!
Posted in California, Elizabeth on Nov 14th, 2019
I’m working on uploading some videos to youtube from the first dress rehearsal, but tonight Noah rested his voice and just mouthed everything, so I just took still pictures.
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2019
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 15th, 2019
I panicked last week when I realized we hadn’t gone pumpkin picking this fall. With Annie’s standard 6 therapies a week, plus 2-4 evaluations this week getting her ready to transition to new service providers at age 3, plus just all the other kid activities, fun things like field trips have been on the back […]
Posted in California, Friends on Sep 6th, 2019
This week we were blessed with a visit from the Simpsons–all ten of them! Susan, Kate, Jane, Mary, and Clara bunked down with our big girls. We moved into Tommy’s room, and Dan and Lisa had William, Rose, and Peter with them up in our room. Everyone slept! As always, Hillsdale kids have this immediate […]
Posted in California, Friends on Aug 22nd, 2019
The Talcotts are in SoCal this week, so David and Anna drove up with Hope and Johnny today for a few hours. Janie especially loved playing dress up with Hope. We’re loving all the Hillsdale fellowship we’re getting this summer!
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 27th, 2019
I realized with a start the other day that we hadn’t done our annual blueberry picking trip to Underwood Farms! So I emailed Olivia on Monday to see if her girls were in, and when we were hanging out in Santa Barbara with our CVH buddies, I convinced them to join us, too! We picked […]
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 26th, 2019
This week has been all about the totally last minute field trips with friends. Yesterday, we were supposed to go to a homeschool beach day, but it was 60, overcast, and drizzly–not ideal beach weather. So at 10 am, Jessica, Lynn, and I all decided to drive up to Santa Barbara, instead! The Butterflies Alive! […]