No More Jesus Loves You
The Problem There are endless studies and analysis discussing the results of a poor home life on academics, potential earning capacity, and psychological health. This post instead focuses on the…
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…
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…
Sun Lakes
A lot of years we have done a photo walk with the family on or the day after New Year's Day. This year the holiday fell on Sunday, which doesn't…
Christmas 2016
Our traditional Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations were enlivened by our eleven elves, awakened early Saturday morning to open their stockings (and eat their favorite treat - Ramen noodles…
Excuse me while I kiss this guy…
This has been a busy week of running to the hospital over and over in hopes that our Baby Ruben would be released, only to find that no, he's not…
You know what they say, “At the end of the day…”
"At the end of the day," "when all is said and done," "this is where the rubber meets the road." No matter how many meltdowns and extreme scream-fests there are…
Preparing….
Yesterday, after dropping Efrain at his first day of Pre-K at Ss. Simon and Jude, I made a trek to north Phoenix, an area I have barely even touched in…
Low Key
Our Independence Day was low key this year. We so often have been up at the ranch over the holiday weekend, but this year we were home - I don't…
Celebrations of June
For many months, a sweet little girl with breathless anticipation of her 4th birthday, has been asking me, several times a day, to recite the month and day (and every…