With both our husbands out of town and having been cooped up earlier in the week with sick kids, Devin and I escaped to the park together with our kids and ended up making a day of it in downtown Malibu! We will miss the Arguellos SOOO much when they move up to Washington next […]
Category Archive for 'Friends'
Science Class on the Road
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 16th, 2016
Monday found us in Long Beach, visiting the aquarium with Lexi and Theo! The kids seemed to learn a lot this time, and we had fun despite no stroller.
Hiking at Malibu Creek State Park
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 12th, 2016
The Harvey girls joined us yesterday for a hike at Malibu Creek. Despite quite a bit of whining from everyone under age 9, Melanie and I had a good time walking and talking!
Sunday Night on the Pad
Posted in California, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 6th, 2016
After a week of busy evenings and random nights out late, it was so nice to just hang out on the pad with the neighbors. Susie and Nicholas, aka Nico, aka Nicky, BFFs and kindred spirits Declan and Janie, whose angelic faces hide their youngest-child, mischief-making tendencies Mattox serenading YoShen and Tommy with a harmonica […]
Happy Halloween from Middle-Earth!
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2016
Aragorn (inspiration) Arwen (inspiration) Eowyn (inspiration) Galadriel (inspiration) None of the girls knew about the girl characters in LOTR, having only read The Hobbit, but as soon as we told Susie she could wear a pretty dress and wield a sword, she was all in. Elizabeth got a necklace and Janie got a crown, so […]
Introducing Grandma to Underwood Farms!
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 14th, 2016
Our homeschool pumpkin patch field trip happened to be today, so we drove straight from the airport to the farm and brought Grandma along on the field trip! This was the fifth year with this crew, and the kids love it just as much now as they did back then. The weather was perfect, a […]
It was a Blackstone recruiting dinner tonight, so Derek and Aaron and Janelle headed out to talk up Blackstone to Pepperdine kids while the kids and I played with Judah and Ari. Janie and Judah are quite a twosome! Save
Little Micah is Janie’s friend, not to be confused with big Micah (who is 6), Elizabeth and Susie’s friend. So many girls named Micah in our life! Today Janie got a morning playdate with Little Micah, the big kids got to do school on the road, and I finally got to discuss Toxic Charity with […]
Since the Hwangs drive even further than we do to get to church on Sundays, we often take advantage of being in the same place together outside of Community Group and grab lunch after church. Last week, I actually remembered to snap a picture of the boys at Chipotle. Tommy and Jonathan are total kindred […]
Reunion, Kindred Spirits
Posted in Friends on Jul 27th, 2016
Let’s do it all again next year!