Father’s Day
On this Father's Day, instead of being celebrated, Paul, our family's patriarchal provider, protector, and pedagogue, spent the day taking turns caring for a fussy baby during church, ending mass…
Archived posts from Nettie’s World Blog.
Five!
What a delight it was to celebrate our LyssLyss as she turned FIVE years old this month! This was her first year to be able to attend VBS (her birthday…
June Bullet Post
Here are a few bits and bobs from the last couple of weeks: Paul's little car got totaled in a hit-and-run. We were able to replace it for a mere…
The Graduates
All Hail the Graduates
I have been slowly learning my craft as a photographer over the last several years, discovering what I like to see in a photo, learning a little about composition, learning…
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…
Saturdays
There are many things in life that I can do without. Luxurious vacations, fancy clothes, me-time - I'm fine without any of that. But take away one of my Saturdays…
19 Years of Geneva Melody
Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, we also celebrated 19 years of Geneva Melody, our resident composer-piano/ukulele player-rapper-drummer-vocalist-music-producer-writer-comedienne. Yeah, she's crazy talented, low key, and awesome and we love…
Six!
We had a pretty awesome family time for Efrain's sixth birthday on Friday. Wait. How is this little man already SIX years old?? He is finishing his first year at…
A Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…
New Traditions
It's difficult to find time during the actual Easter celebration for two families heavily involved in their respective church's music ministries to gather for a celebration. On our end of…