Water Park Fun
Next week we will be back to school for 6 of the kids (and back to work for Megan, who is teaching at two different schools). Thus it seemed good…
July is Party Time!
July is a big month for birthdays at our place - Megan, Jordan and Ruben are all celebrated this month. Yesterday we had the party for our newly minted 9-and-1…
A Walk in the Green
Since several of our kids are adults now, it is a rare thing when the whole clan of 13 gets to go on an adventure together. Saturday was one of…
A Ruben Retrospective
One year ago today, a beautiful baby boy named Ruben was born. His 5.5 weeks premature lungs were not ready for the world yet, and he remained in NICU for…
Baby Love
Going through my old posts and photos I found a set of pics I took of Ruben around March that are just too sweet. That stage where babies have discovered…
A Birthday Road Trip
My three girls, Laurent, Megan and Geneva, and two of their cousins, Emma and Abi Holston, took a road trip through California to celebrate Megan's 21st birthday, and It.Was.Epic. They had…
Father’s Day
On this Father's Day, instead of being celebrated, Paul, our family's patriarchal provider, protector, and pedagogue, spent the day taking turns caring for a fussy baby during church, ending mass…
Five!
What a delight it was to celebrate our LyssLyss as she turned FIVE years old this month! This was her first year to be able to attend VBS (her birthday…
June Bullet Post
Here are a few bits and bobs from the last couple of weeks: Paul's little car got totaled in a hit-and-run. We were able to replace it for a mere…
Respite
If I were to pick a word to describe this past couple of years, I think "challenging" would be barely adequate. It's not just the numbers - going from five…