Thanksgiving 2014!
Life flies by so quickly during the holiday season, it's hard to keep up. Last week's celebrations included Mom's 75th birthday, a family thanksgiving, a Victorian Christmas Ball, and a…
Archived posts from Nettie’s World Blog.
Surprise Party!
Some parties are long expected, some parties are unexpected, and others are just kind of thrown together at the last minute. Sunday we had one of the thrown-together-at-the-last-minute type --…
Roses in November
This morning, the oldest girls were up early and out the door to get to the Diocesan Center by 8:30. They each needed another fingerprinting for work - Megan for…
October at the Ranch 2014 — Part 4
Saturday morning we woke almost as bright and almost as early, if not quite early enough for the sunrise. Nonetheless, stepping out the door into crisp cold country air in the morning…
October at the Ranch 2014 — Part 3
Back at the ranch we had just a little time with the Grands before they headed into town to spend the night in a great deal more comfort at the…
October at the Ranch 2014 — Part 2
We needed to do a little shopping for our weekend food and other necessities in town, so we headed on in around 8. While we were finding some deals (but…
October at the Ranch 2014 — Part 1
Our annual Halloween weekend at the Ranch began with a largely uneventful drive north on Thursday evening, after Laurent and Megan finished work at the school. We had everything packed…
There’s Nothing Like a Good Backup Plan
With so many options at our disposal for things to do, places to go, and sights to see during Doug's all-too-short visit, Paul and I wanted to make sure that…
Of Pools and Parties
Yesterday was a day of much celebration. In the morning, I gathered the 9 children from our house (our 7 plus two cousins) and went over to the hotel where…
At Last!
I have lived in Arizona since August of 1997. That is seventeen years, by my reckoning. And in that time, I have had a total of ZERO visits from my…