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, Janie, Musings, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 21st, 2018
Clare and Paul are out in San Diego for a family vacation, so the kids and I spent Monday with Clare and her crew down on Coronado Island! Natalie and Chris came down for the afternoon, too. Back in college, Clare and Leah and I had this grand plan of how we were going to […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Feb 16th, 2018
I pretty much switched to instagram for pictures of the kids last semester while we didn’t have internet access, but the ads are starting to annoy me, so I really do intend to move back from my phone to my camera and post here. Look what else was on my camera card! Pictures from our […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna on Feb 8th, 2018
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Iowa, Janie, Susanna on Dec 21st, 2017
We just haven’t been able to say goodbye to our homeschool crew here, so we moms planned one last get-together this week. Missy hosted the girls’ club (where the girls decorated gingerbread houses–we laughed that this was the THIRD Christmas-themed gathering Missy has planned for us in the past few weeks!), and the boys all […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Family, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 20th, 2017
Last week, we finally saw snow, visited Hillsdale (where the kids sledded with the Coles), we went to Greenfield Village at night, played in the snow with Grandpa, and had an early Christmas with the Fam (minus Jason & Jen and Matthew & Nicole)! Oh, and Tommy officially fulfilled every Italian boy’s destiny–he’s taller than […]
For our last homeschool play group today, we had a Christmas party with board games, ornament making stations, and yummy food. We hugged everyone goodbye but did not cry because we’re in denial that this is the end. This semester flew by way too fast.
Last week, we headed up to Milwaukee for a quick visit. We met up with the Driscolls and admired how much our families had grown since JJ and Tommy were the 3L babies back in Indian Lakes Apartments, then while Derek gave a talk for the local Fed SoCal chapter, the kids and I checked […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Iowa, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 4th, 2017
Tonight the Isbells decided to have a bunch of us over for a Christmas season kick-off party. The under-ten crew came in their pj’s, we had cookies and cocoa and watched a Christmas movie, sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with motions, and had an impromptu Christmas carol piano recital. We love these guys!
The SoCal DenHartogs may be our BFFs, but the Midwest DenHartogs were our friends first! Jonathan and Jackie were some of our very first married friends in South Bend, and Jackie and I haven’t seen each other in person since she was super pregnant with Abby and I was newly pregnant with Tommy. And of […]
My Magic School Bus crew joined our homeschool play group today for a costume party, complete with snacks, hot cider, a fire pit, and games. Have I mentioned that we love it here?