Saturday at Lyman Lake
Saturday morning we were up with the sun, got our teeth brushed, and packed up the trailer for the trip home. We headed into St. Johns a little early for…
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 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…
Autumn on the Carrizo
The last part of the afternoon on Saturday was divided between some shooting for Jake, Daddy and Laurent, and finally, one more hike down to the Carrizo Wash, this time…
Sightseeing
While the board members were meeting at our cabin on Saturday morning, I thought it prudent to remove the hoard of children from the immediate vicinity and take them on…
Weekend with the Winklers
Over the Memorial Day weekend, we took the family (minus Laurent, who had singing obligations, and Geneva, who wasn't yet back from Texas) up to the ranch for some family…
Dobbins Lookout, March 2016
On the evening of March 3rd (which happened to be my esteemed husband's birthday!), we took advantage of our in-house babysitting crew to manage the littles while Vicki, Paul and…