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, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 23rd, 2013
Last weekend, we made like SoCal natives and headed to Vegas for the long weekend. Except that we avoided Las Vegas proper. Instead, we spent a couple of fun, restful days hanging out with “Mr Vinegar and Miss Gloria,” as our kids call them. Gloria won the girls’ hearts by letting them try on some […]
Posted in Homeschooling, Tommy on Jan 21st, 2013
At the last library book sale (all the books you can fit in a bag for $4!), I picked up a children’s encyclopedia, and the kids found it before I managed to hide it away in our closet. It is the bedtime reading of choice for Tommy, who has constantly telling me facts like this: […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 14th, 2013
We just got back from a long weekend with the Haneys in San Francisco. We really packed in the activities–Friday in the city, Saturday up north in the woods and along the coast, and Sunday hanging out after church and staying up way too late talking. I think I’m going to take several days to […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 12th, 2013
A rocket and a bridge.
Tommy has decided that he really likes his hair shorter, and since it was 70 yesterday, we took a few minutes after lunch to shorten him up again. Then Elizabeth asked for a haircut. Her hair is so uneven from twirling it while she sucks her thumb that I chopped off a good couple of […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 5th, 2013
Yesterday we met up with Ariana and her kids at the LA Zoo. I was too busy gabbing about law school stuff and feeding the kids endless snacks to take many pictures, but here are the few I did remember to take! Ariana and I basically pulled out the snacks at 10:30 and kept up […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 2nd, 2013
It’s finally warm enough to eat outside again!
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth, Tommy on Dec 29th, 2012
On a rainy Saturday morning, it’s nice to snuggle on the couch and listen to Daddy read Betsy-Tacy.
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 25th, 2012
Words can’t describe the joy of waking up in our own house (for the first time ever!) on Christmas morning! We hope that you have a Christmas as lovely as ours!
Thank you, Great Aunt Terri, for reminding the kids that their blood runs green!