Giving Thanks
Whew! Ok. All the celebrating is done. I napped. I got the leftovers into the designated refrigeration units. There are still dishes to be done, but I have higher priorities…
October at the Ranch
I had to go back and look at the calendar to figure out just when this weekender took place - our month has been, in a word, tumultuous, not to…
7 & 15
After only a slight delay of one week past the birthdays (to accommodate Grandma's epic journey to the Heidmann Family Reunion in North Dakota) we were at last able to…
A Homecoming, a Scenic Excursion, and a Birthday
It's been a long haul, but finally on Friday, we got our Xavier home again. The afternoon was spent with the siblings getting caught up. We had an early supper…
All in the Merry Month of May
We've almost made it, just one last sprint and the month, and school year - will be finished! Let me reprise to catch us up: The merry month of May…
The End of Lent
If I'm honest, this has been the longest Lent I can remember. We've been grappling with the consequences of significant mental health diagnoses for for two of our kids, juggling…
Golden
You know how hard it is to wait for your Golden Birthday when you are 8 and about to turn 9? It's suuuuper hard!! Some how, some way, we managed…
2022 Year in Review
It's 9:54pm on December 31, 2022 and I've just finished uploading my year-in-review photo gallery. I'm glad I have photos because otherwise the year goes by a blur! Here's a…
A Trip to the Sea
The absolute best part of taking the family to Sea Life Arizona today (Grandma's Christmas present!!) was that I was well enough to go along! So excited not only to…
Christmas Here, Christmas There
Despite a certain level of unwellness amongst the lot of us, we managed to gather a few for our traditional family Christmas Eve celebration on Saturday. Ana was able to…