Giving Thanks
Whew! Ok. All the celebrating is done. I napped. I got the leftovers into the designated refrigeration units. There are still dishes to be done, but I have higher priorities…
The End of Lent
If I'm honest, this has been the longest Lent I can remember. We've been grappling with the consequences of significant mental health diagnoses for for two of our kids, juggling…
2022 Year in Review
It's 9:54pm on December 31, 2022 and I've just finished uploading my year-in-review photo gallery. I'm glad I have photos because otherwise the year goes by a blur! Here's a…
Christmas Here, Christmas There
Despite a certain level of unwellness amongst the lot of us, we managed to gather a few for our traditional family Christmas Eve celebration on Saturday. Ana was able to…
Tis the Season…
...to put up the Christmas Tree! There's almost nothing that can be said to add to the story these pictures tell. This is us. Throw some Manheim Steamroller music on…
Thanksgiving 2022
What a year it has been. With more bouts of sickness and hospital stays than I would prefer, including the last 2 months of almost non-stop flu in our house,…
Thanksgiving 2021
It feels like forever since the last time we had Thanksgiving at home. 2020 was the pandemic year, and while we had a larger than usual gathering, we held it…
Easter, 2021
Easter joy was compounded this year by the opportunity to actually attend mass in person at our beloved Cathedral parish. It's been a long, hard year being away from communion…
Candy, a New Christmas Lens, and a Trip to the Park
Christmas this year was a little understated, but we still managed to go big with the candy! The kids had a great time mixing up all the different kinds together…
Thanksgiving, Ranch Style
In the year 2020, literally everything has been off kilter in one way or another, or many all at once. Entering the holiday season, so many have not had the…