Out and About on a Monday
With only a couple of days of Christmas vacation left, I took the kids out on Monday morning for a little photo excursion to the park. At least, the kids…
Christmas 2021
From stockings lovingly stuffed and laid out on the bench with care, to the glittering tree glowing through the night, lighting mounds of wrapped mysteries, to a surprise visit from…
Holiday Walkabout
The holidays are always a fun time to go out with Dad on a mystery walkabout. He never likes to reveal the destination ahead of time so as to surprise…
Another Halloween in the Memory Bank
Yesterday was a giddy mess, but that's what Halloween is supposed to be, and so much better than last year! Our day began with hustling everyone into church clothes and…
A Visit to Wildlife World
Grandma ever-so-graciously gifted our family with passes to visit Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park (and the title should have included Petting Zoo!), so we loaded up all 12…
Celebrating Dad
The month of June, besides being Alyssa's birthday, is also the month we celebrate Dads. This dad deserves a whole month of celebration for all the ways he joyfully sacrifices…
Creative Play FTW
So this week began the first week after all school work was handed in for the year. With it came new screen rules! Yayyyy!! (and there was much rejoicing!) The…
Boys Weekend
This was the weekend Dad took the four youngest boys up to the ranch in Tom-Tom (the new truck). It turned out to be, as you might expect, a very…
Water Fight!
The best way to socially distance is to have a water fight, right? I don't know. I figure the flying water mitigates germs, viruses, etc. Anyway, big brother Mark came…
