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 Elizabeth, Friends, Indiana, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 16th, 2021
Spring break found us heading to Michigan, where the girls hung out with Grandma for a few days while I stayed with Mariel and met up with Bethany and Keith for a Jane Austen CCA at Hillsdale! It was great to be back on campus and so great to have a couple days off from […]
When I saw that we were getting one more day in the upper 60s last week, I texted Jill and had Abe and Amy join us for one more warm weather hike! Pushing a toddler in a stroller up and down semi-cleared hiking trails is actually not too bad when you have two teenage boys […]
We’re just four and a half hours away from South Bend now, which means that when Derek found out this week he could get tickets to the ND game this weekend, we made a spur of the moment decision to drive over for Saturday! The boys dropped us girls off at the Romines’ new house, […]
We had sunshine this week! Elizabeth was so excited to get out and talk to Hannah, even while they social distanced. I got sick of Tommy pulling at his hair while fighting with his sisters, so I started cutting it with the craft scissors. That made him stay still for a good half hour. We […]
The weather broke (temporarily) yesterday, and the above-50 temperatures sent us and many of our neighbors outside. Annie walked around the block (the longest distance she’s walked since Malibu), and the girls discovered that our neighbors two doors down are a classical Christian homeschooling family with four kids (who love baking, crafting, and reading)! Everyone […]
Posted in Friends, Homeschooling on Sep 14th, 2019
On Wednesday, we met up with some of our CVH friends at the ice rink! I hadn’t even put my skates on since just after Janie was born, and they feel a lot smaller than they did 20 years ago. Simi Iceoplex is probably the world’s coldest ice rink, and we were completely underdressed in […]
Posted in Friends on Sep 11th, 2019
We played so many games and just loved how much all the kids had in common! Shouldn’t be a surprise that nearly two decades into our friendship, we’re still kindred spirits raising kindred spirits!
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, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 20th, 2019
Derek got invited to do the devotionals for Arete Academy again this summer, and instead of me staying alone with the kids all week while he stayed at a resort in Phoenix, the kids and I crammed in all of Annie’s therapies at the beginning of last week and then drove over to Keith and […]