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…
Breakfast in Color
After experiencing a colossal blunder by the Walmart Pick-up where they loaded my groceries into someone else's car and then sent me home with nada but the bill (which I…
Celebrating 27 years
It wasn't really an anniversary gift, but that old Toyota commuter car Paul had been driving was dangerously close to dying and we needed something new. Since we'd just paid…
A Long Awaited Photo Shoot
Sunday we tried something new and very different. For the last 4 years we have been sitting near the back of the church due to a plethora of unruly behaviors…
Freestone Park, 01/01/20
In keeping with our New Year's Day tradition, and in light of my new camera, we took the family on a little walkabout on Wednesday afternoon to Freestone Park over…
Labor Day Weekend (2)
Once we'd met up with Grandma and Laurent, we distributed kids for the ride out to the ranch and headed back, much more slowly as we were now carrying 250…
Mt. Lemmon
We've never in all our 22 years in Arizona explored much south of Phoenix beyond Casa Grande, so it was with great anticipation that we set out for a brand new destination: Mt. Lemmon, located just to the north and east of Tuscon.
I was completely unprepared to find mountains tall enough to have a ski area and pine trees so far to the south! What a delight it was to see so many beautiful new sights throughout the day.
Another Birthday!
Today we are low-key celebrating another awesome year of Alyssa - it's her actual birthday, but due to work schedules, we will have the party next week. Today, Alyssa is…