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…
Easter 2020
He is Risen! Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed! These joyful greetings resounded between us as we rose to greet the Easter sun. This was our third Sunday of attending mass…
Family Time
Some special visitors dropped by this week on Tuesday to see Efrain and had so much fun with the kids. We are incredibly blessed to have such good relationships with…
A Quarantine Palm Sunday Birthday
For all the stay-at-homing and quarantining and not-having-anywhere-to-go-ing, it's been hard somehow to "find the time" to write about Palm Sunday and my birthday last weekend. It's not hard to…
Quarantine Sunday
On this quarantine Sunday, as he has several days this week, my beloved husband woke early and went out to the grocery store in search of breakfast, and perhaps a…
Social Distancing
Can I just muse for a while on "Life in the time of the Coronavirus?" These are my random, late night, not-very-insightful thoughts... We're living through an historic moment! I…
Spring Break
For our family, Spring Break began after school on Friday, the 13th. It was a little different than the norm, in that the kids thought it was their spring break…
Six!
Today we celebrate six years of our Precious (make that Precocious) Pea, Elyany Lucy Therese. Her party was yesterday, and what better way to celebrate than with white and pink…
Portraits in the Park, and a Visit with Rellies
Today we drove to the eastern edge of the world to see Grandma in her brand new house, and it was Worth.It. What a beautiful place God has provided for…
Siblings
What a gift it was to spend some time on Sunday afternoon with our beautiful Malinda, who brought over Efrain's youngest little brother! He's the most adorable little chubster ever,…