Freestone Park, 01/01/20
In keeping with our New Year's Day tradition, and in light of my new camera, we took the family on a little walkabout on Wednesday afternoon to Freestone Park over…
Christmas Riddles
As every Christmas approaches, I am once again driven mad by my husband's requirement that I stay within the budget for family gift giving, all the while going to extravagant…
A Long Awaited Arrival
All year we have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of our newest family member, and I am delighted to report that on October 25th, sweet little Patrick James Groft was…
Labor Day Weekend (4)
Our next stop was a pretty lake whose name I can't remember. I truly think we would have had a longer day of it up in the mountains had Laurent…
Labor Day Weekend (3)
Saturday morning we met up with Laurent and Grandma in Springerville and had breakfast at the McDonald's. We found out there had been some early morning drama at the hotel.…
Labor Day Weekend (2)
Once we'd met up with Grandma and Laurent, we distributed kids for the ride out to the ranch and headed back, much more slowly as we were now carrying 250…
Labor Day Weekend (1)
It's been several years since we did a whole ranch-Labor-Day vacay, and this year we had the chance to take an extra long weekend, so we were pretty excited. We…
Another Birthday!
Today we are low-key celebrating another awesome year of Alyssa - it's her actual birthday, but due to work schedules, we will have the party next week. Today, Alyssa is…
Recovering, A New Addition, and Many Portraits
It's been a busy spring - lots going on, despite my being incapacitated with illness for over 6 months. I finally did discover I was hit with both Valley Fever…
Finally Five!!
Elyany Lucy Therese:Precocious. Clever. Cheeky. Creative. Artful. Affectionate. Sensitive. Slight.Five. For our March family birthday bash, we got to party at Heidmann East out in Apache Junction at Jon's place.…