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 Annie, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 26th, 2019
I mostly instagrammed the end of our vacation, but we finished off our time in CoMo with more downstairs diner action, lots of snuggles, and trips to Shakespeares and Andy’s! We’ve been on a fruit and veggie detox diet since getting home to make up for all the yummy midwestern food we enjoyed!
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 25th, 2019
We spent our last weekend in the Midwest in St Louis, hanging out with the Carruthers and visiting the St Louis Science Center for their 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing party, followed by the girls’ first trip to the Arch (and the Museum of Westward Expansion, which used to be a celebration of westward […]
The DIA with Jason and Jen, Nicole’s shower, hangin with the Fam, second cousin love at KK’s, family games, shooting off rockets…we had a busy week in Detroit!
All 15 of us, together in Columbia–for the first time since John and Kathryn’s wedding! We swam in the back yard, enjoyed a full ice cream sundae bar down in the basement, and got Uncle John to give Tommy a real marine haircut.
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 27th, 2019
I realized with a start the other day that we hadn’t done our annual blueberry picking trip to Underwood Farms! So I emailed Olivia on Monday to see if her girls were in, and when we were hanging out in Santa Barbara with our CVH buddies, I convinced them to join us, too! We picked […]
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 26th, 2019
This week has been all about the totally last minute field trips with friends. Yesterday, we were supposed to go to a homeschool beach day, but it was 60, overcast, and drizzly–not ideal beach weather. So at 10 am, Jessica, Lynn, and I all decided to drive up to Santa Barbara, instead! The Butterflies Alive! […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 4th, 2019
Conejo Valley Homeschoolers has been a blessing to us this year–Tuesday park days (though we haven’t made many since getting Annie) where the kids play and I’ve picked up hundreds of dollars of free used curriculum and talk to other homeschool moms, Wednesday morning classes (most recently, industrial design for Tommy, Zoology for Elizabeth and […]
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 29th, 2019
We coordinated with the Andersons to watch the Dodgers on dollar dodger dogs night. Because why wrangle just five kids when you could have nine in a row, with hot dog buying parents in the middle of the chaos? Annie didn’t care about the action on the field, but she clapped along at the good […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Music, Susanna, Tommy on May 25th, 2019
Tommy, Elizabeth, and Susanna have been taking piano for two and a half years, but with all of our travels, we’ve never managed to be in town when the teacher or studio was having a recital. We also had three different teachers in our first year and a half, which was a bit confusing for […]
Posted in Elizabeth on May 14th, 2019
We’ve had this kiddo around for a decade. Her sweet temperament hasn’t changed with the addition of three little sisters, and everyone who knows her comments on how nurturing she is. I honestly don’t know if I could handle everything with Annie if I didn’t have Elizabeth helping me get her out of bed, change […]