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 Dec 7th, 2015
Saturday’s garage sale was more successful than my last one: I made $85 this time. Then I entered all of our baby clothes into Turbo Tax, bagged them up, and hauled five trash bags full down to goodwill. It was harder than I thought to say goodbye to some of my favorites! Need to haul […]
Posted in California on Nov 17th, 2015
Haven’t had time to post for a while because life has been extremely stressful. Derek was gone most of last week at a conference in DC, and he left again this morning for a couple days in Dallas. And Pepperdine finally got their act together and gave us a closing date of Dec. 11. Of […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 6th, 2015
Well, this is a relief! But is it non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, organic, paleo, and free range?
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 19th, 2015
Today we headed back to Underwood Farms for real pumpkin picking with the Kims. The weather actually cooperated–it was a cool 74 degrees. Tommy loved running around with four rambunctious boys, and can I just say that watching a teenage boy gently take a four year old through a corn maze is one of the […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Tommy on Oct 13th, 2015
Our CBS homeschoolers’ Underwood Farms pumpkin picking field trip was yesterday, but the little girls and I weren’t up to going along. Thankfully, PJ and Christina totally didn’t mind keeping an eye on my big kids along with their crews (and sending me some pictures afterwards). It’s a fall tradition the kids love so much […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2015
Every time someone asks me the stupidest question about homeschooling, I picture this scene from yesterday. Just a normal homeschool park day. Tommy is in the background, playing baseball with the four other big boys after catching geckos for a while. All the girls, from two-year-old Janie up to 12 year olds Peyton and London, […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 12th, 2015
Grandma stocked our freezer before she left, but I forgot to pull anything out the night before. Oops.
Posted in California, Homemaking on Jul 29th, 2015
We’re moving to Malibu this fall! After four years on the waiting list, we’re finally moving onto Pepperdine’s campus. Pepperdine has two neighborhoods of subsidized faculty housing, and we’re moving to the top of Baxter Drive, up the street from our friends the Andersons AND from Derek’s office. I had become happy in Thousand Oaks, […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 10th, 2015
The Haneys are in town, and the kids have loved getting to play together for the first time in two years! Last weekend, they went along with Derek and the kids to the Reagan Library Independence Day celebrations. And after visiting some family down in LA, they’re back to play some more!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Jul 6th, 2015
Last week, we started three back-to-back sessions of swimming lessons at CLU. Yep, we’re going to be pool rats this summer. We’ve loved the Parks and Rec instructors, and I’m hoping that swimming five days a week for six weeks will help the kids get really comfortable in the water. We’re invited to so many […]