Christmas 2021
From stockings lovingly stuffed and laid out on the bench with care, to the glittering tree glowing through the night, lighting mounds of wrapped mysteries, to a surprise visit from…
Mid-December
Catching up here on some of the activities in December - what a crazy end to a crazy year. So much was happening in the world, while at home we…
Piggy-tails!
Daddy loves his girls in piggy-tails, and today he had two of them! They were not both equally thrilled, however... Still, she was gracious enough to pose for photos. We…
An 8th Birthday!
What an absolute delight it was to celebrate Alyssa's 8th birthday this month! Our spunky, adventuresome girl, always up for something new and different, chose just ice cream for her…
Memorial Weekend 2020
E.P.I.C. That was our Memorial weekend. We had SO much fun, we had NO car trouble, there were NO injuries (other than one mild bee sting and a few slivers)…
Creative Play FTW
So this week began the first week after all school work was handed in for the year. With it came new screen rules! Yayyyy!! (and there was much rejoicing!) The…
Some May Birthdays
Had our May celebration for Efrain (9) and Geneva (22) on Sunday - and something new we haven't done before. Big Efrain brought, along with Efrain's cousins Nathan and Lamar,…
Mother’s Day 2020
Mother's Day has many colors and emotions in the foster and adoptive world. Each one since we began this journey has been different, often painful and strained beneath a veneer…
Spring Break
For our family, Spring Break began after school on Friday, the 13th. It was a little different than the norm, in that the kids thought it was their spring break…
Six!
Today we celebrate six years of our Precious (make that Precocious) Pea, Elyany Lucy Therese. Her party was yesterday, and what better way to celebrate than with white and pink…