A Birthday Road Trip
My three girls, Laurent, Megan and Geneva, and two of their cousins, Emma and Abi Holston, took a road trip through California to celebrate Megan's 21st birthday, and It.Was.Epic. They had…
Father’s Day
On this Father's Day, instead of being celebrated, Paul, our family's patriarchal provider, protector, and pedagogue, spent the day taking turns caring for a fussy baby during church, ending mass…
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…
19 Years of Geneva Melody
Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, we also celebrated 19 years of Geneva Melody, our resident composer-piano/ukulele player-rapper-drummer-vocalist-music-producer-writer-comedienne. Yeah, she's crazy talented, low key, and awesome and we love…
Six!
We had a pretty awesome family time for Efrain's sixth birthday on Friday. Wait. How is this little man already SIX years old?? He is finishing his first year at…
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.…
Homecoming
Five weeks ago my li'l boy flew away for an extended vacay with my brother, Doug, and his family in Minnesota. Geneva spent the first week there with him during…
24th
I have so many photos like this one, and I treasure every one of them, especially as we pause to celebrate our 24th anniversary. Each photo is a precious reminder…
Easter 2017
Easter Sunday morning we put on our shiny clothes and went to mass early so we could stake a claim on the 3/4 pew we need for our family. It…
Playing and Praying
I may have mentioned before that we've been a little busy? So, so much in my world right now goes - and must go - unreported. Trying to remember all…