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, Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Tommy on Mar 30th, 2012
Part of our time in San Diego was spent at beautiful Balboa Park. We’ll go back there for sure! It was so great to see Helen again for the first time since she lived with my parents! And on a whim, I asked my mom to bring her skates so we could take the kids […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 28th, 2012
For my mom’s birthday on Thursday, we met up with Helen and headed into San Diego. For lunch, we had high tea at Shakespeare’s Corner Shoppe tea room. It was delicious! Showing off her matching tea cup t-shirt… appetizer–olive bread The kids had their own trays; the adults shared the three-tiered tray. I want to […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Mar 23rd, 2012
Busy Week! On Wednesday, we drove down to Aliso Viejo to pick my mom up from Lisa’s, then headed down to San Diego to see Helen and Anna for a couple days. I knew that Orange County was nice, but I just haven’t ventured down there much. Wow, it’s lovely! Why do we live up […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 18th, 2012
The treats! (Because our friend Ben is allergic to gluten, dairy, and eggs, we had to be creative with our treats. I went all over the place to find a car-shaped cookie cutter for the rice krispie treats, and I ended up having to buy a box of 101 cookie cutters at JoAnn’s. But they […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 29th, 2011
One of the great things about Royal Oak is how many other Hillsdale (and earlier) friends are from around here! We were glad to be in town the same time as the Coles–and to laugh at how much bigger William is than Susanna (he’s two weeks younger, but about 6 pounds bigger). I have a […]
It took us multiple attempts, but this week we finally had Sarah and James over to decorate Christmas cookies with us! The DenHartogs are definitely our kind of people, and we’ve enjoyed getting together whenever all the kids are well enough. James is just a few months younger than Elizabeth, but he keeps up with […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 4th, 2011
Our last stop before California was Phoenix, where we got to hang out with the Millers. The kids listened to a lot of books, the grownups had wonderful conversations, and I finally got to spend more than 2 hours in person with Bethany! (It’s funny how well you can feel like you know someone just […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking on Aug 1st, 2011
Stay tuned for more pics from our wonderful time with the Millers in Phoenix, but here’s a quick preview of the girls having a tea party!
(Thanks to Christina, who took the good ones!) sweet Clara Geneva, the real swimmer! Proof that all five children did take an afternoon nap–long enough for us to get in two quick games of Attika!
Posted in Friends on Jul 27th, 2011
So Derek’s smart phone is cutting off all but the first sentence that I type (hence yesterday’s snafu). Blog posts will likely be shorter until we get our computer hooked up. We arrived safely in Colorado Springs after 12.5 hours of pretty decent driving. The big kids and Geneva are having a grand old time, […]