Nettie and the terrible, awful, no good, very bad day
For days such as these .... Rising yesterday at dawn to get self and darling Geneva out the door to 8am Dentist appointments Scheduling appointments for 2 fillings and 1…
The Big One-Niner
Today we celebrate my second-born daughter's final birthday of her teens. She is 19 today. XIX years of age. It boggleth the mind of a mother. This has been a year of…
4th of July Weekend – Saturday Around the Ranch
Saturday we stayed close to home, mostly by necessity since the ferocious looking skies not only threatened rain, they fulfilled their promise repeatedly. Between thunderstorms, Geneva and I tried to go for a driving…
4th of July Weekend – Friday Afternoon (Mountain Scenery)
After Squirrel Spring, we continued wandering around in the White Mountains, and took a drive through the very picturesque valley of Greer, AZ. From there we continued on until we…
4th of July Weekend – Friday Afternoon (Squirrel Spring)
Off to the White Mountains we went on Friday afternoon, to explore a few more places we have never seen before. Our first stop was at the Squirrel Spring trailhead.…
4th of July Weekend — Friday morning
Oh how wonderful and marvelous a thing it is to have had a three-day weekend with my WHOLE family at the ranch! It has been months and months and MONTHS…
Picking up the pace
After a few days of adjusting to our routines again, we have begun to accelerate a little this week. Junior has a cool new desk set up in a corner beside…
June, at a Glance
The first part of June has been a virtual summer camp at Heidmann West, as we had a bunch of extra young people staying with us for three weeks. They're fantastic kids,…
The Trouble with Moms
It seems that the young men of my son's acquaintance have been engaging in the time-honored ritual of back-yard camping, and last week, Jacob decided to give it a try. He was…