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 Friends, Homeschooling, Tommy on Oct 12th, 2012
This week, I did a kid swap with a homeschooling friend from church–I took Joey for the morning, and she took Elizabeth to play with her daughter. Joey loves arts and crafts, so Tommy and I decided we’d plan a fun art project, and we got the idea to do apple stencils from pinterest. The […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 5th, 2012
It is so nice to know people where we live. Last year, we visited the pumpkin patch by ourselves. This year, we went with a homeschool group from church, and the kids had ten times as much fun running around with their friends! Tommy recently met his new friend Jonah at Community Bible Study, and […]
On Friday, our friend James came over to play–and he brought a whole bag of dress-up clothes with him! As soon as we saw that James had a flight suit, Tommy ran and put on his own flight suit so that they could be astronaut firefighters together. Then Elizabeth found a generic costume that we […]
Wowsers, it was a busy week, complete with getting stranded in Florida for an extra day! As tired as I am (and as exhausted as Derek seems), it was totally worth it to be there for John’s winging and get to see where he works and what he does. John showing our dad and Helen […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 27th, 2012
When Laura told me she’d be meeting her sister and nephew in Santa Barbara to visit family this week, we immediately planned a zoo trip. Baby Enoch is just a month younger than Susie, and the kids had a great time playing with each other–and with Laura!
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Movies, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 10th, 2012
It’s taken us far, far too long to put our winter videos up on youtube, but here are a few long-awaited ones! Thank you, Derek, for doing this before you left this morning! The kids’ CBS Christmas program (E’s partner-in-crime, Ben, is to her left, and the two girls to her right are in her […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 6th, 2012
Our last major stop on the roadtrip was in Denver (to see Uncle Matthew) and Colorado Springs (to see the Franciscos). Elizabeth and I got to attend Geneva’s ballet recital on Saturday, and Elizabeth is still talking about it nonstop, dancing around the house for hours with a picture of Geneva in hand for inspiration. […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on May 28th, 2012
Now that so many of our Hillsdale friends are back working at the College, it’s a reunion every time we get back to campus. Last week, we got to stay with the Coles and Millers! It’s so fun to see our kids playing together now–a second generation of Hillsdale friendships! Eight Cole-Muller-Miller kids, in age […]
Cleaning up after Elizabeth’s carsick incident… Playing princess with Geneva Family Worship around the piano Homemade Ice Cream Gardening with Grandma
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 13th, 2012
Yesterday we met up with Ariana and the kids for another trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo! Other than running around with Abby, the highlight was finally getting to ride the zoo train!