Showers of Blessing
Over the last few weeks there has been a flurry of plotting and planning between the grandmas, the best friend, and the older sister to put together a baby shower…
Calamity, Company, Cuteness and Conviviality: Catching up on February
I fell behind in blogging quite early in February, but there was a pretty significant reason I got derailed. Those of you who know me on Facebook are already up…
Tonic To My Soul
Today marked the end of another amazingly wonderful week with Vicki. We've known each other 37 years! Her visits every spring are a tonic to my soul. So how did…
Giving Thanks
Our family time this year was altered slightly by a mis-hap and a misunderstanding. Earlier this week, Grandma Pat took a tumble off her bike and cracked a rib, and…
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…
A Glorious Garnet Gift
A long time ago, in a Blogiverse far, far away (Xanga!), I met Linda Burklin: a home-schooling, curriculum-designing, blogging, fiction-and-non-fiction-writing, ren-faire-attending, autoharp-playing, knitter-of-beautiful-things and mother-of-many who also, I discovered over time, designed and…
Weekend with the Winklers
Over the Memorial Day weekend, we took the family (minus Laurent, who had singing obligations, and Geneva, who wasn't yet back from Texas) up to the ranch for some family…
Birthdays in May
Two momentous birthdays occurred in the Merry Month of May: Geneva turned 18, and Efrain turned 5. We had a grand party for them both, including luscious chocolate and strawberry…
The Graduates!
Saturday was a big day for celebrations. We received not one, but two invitations to attend the Sacred Heart Home Educators graduation ceremony for a couple of friends, and if that weren't…
Family
Today has been a day to spend loving on a very dear family that has become *our* family. This beautiful mama brought her 11 kiddos over and spent the afternoon - we…