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…
B-52
Yesterday was Paul's 52nd birthday! Having a birthday fall on Sunday means all sorts of good things. For Paul, it meant going to mass with his family, and getting to…
Into the Wild
All these hooligans were home from school on Presidents day. This meant that daddy, who was working from home, had a choice. He could either mount the monumental effort required…
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…
A Walk in the Green
Since several of our kids are adults now, it is a rare thing when the whole clan of 13 gets to go on an adventure together. Saturday was one of…
Respite
If I were to pick a word to describe this past couple of years, I think "challenging" would be barely adequate. It's not just the numbers - going from five…
Sightseeing
While the board members were meeting at our cabin on Saturday morning, I thought it prudent to remove the hoard of children from the immediate vicinity and take them on…
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…
Road Trip!
With a growing family including 10 kids plus miscellaneous other persons, it became incredibly unwieldy to travel anywhere with 3 vehicles. We decided in March to pare down the vehicular…
Peeking out from under my rock…
It's been more than a month, hasn't it... Yep. Feb. 2 was my last post. I can't even begin to think about catching up right now, either. There's just too…
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