Fall Photo Blast – November Edition
Here we go with the first half of November. Not as many pics as the October edition, but we've got a bit more variety. Starting off with some front yard…
Saturday: Picture Perfect?
If everything you knew about our Saturday was contained in these smiling pictures of our morning picnic in the White Tanks, you would be justified in thinking it consisted of…
Fools Hollow Lake
On Friday, our full day to have fun, we did something unusual for us. We went to town! Show Low, actually. We wanted to visit a lake and recreation area…
A Quick Trip North
With school starting the first of August, opportunities for summer family trips are very limited. We thought maybe we could still manage a weekend away at the ranch for the…
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…
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…
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…
A Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…
New Traditions
It's difficult to find time during the actual Easter celebration for two families heavily involved in their respective church's music ministries to gather for a celebration. On our end of…
Movin’ on out
And so it came to pass on the appointed day in February, in the Year Of Our Lord 2017, that the eldest of my children, she who sprang first from…