Roasted Vegetables
Another quiet day around the casa. Xavier, Alyssa and Elyany were still with grandma, so Natalie, Jordan, Efrain and Ruben have been here to keep us entertained. Efrain does a…
Baking Bread
It's been an embarrassingly long time since I made bread, and I decided one of the first things we would do on Christmas break was to break out the Hobart…
Visiting Grandma in August
This pandemic has been rough on families and grandparents, all around. Our family included. We have had a few visits here and there, which is more than many have been…
Simple Goodness
The simple goodness of wholesome ingredients and home cooked meals... a hearty pea soup was on the menu this day.
Some May Birthdays
Had our May celebration for Efrain (9) and Geneva (22) on Sunday - and something new we haven't done before. Big Efrain brought, along with Efrain's cousins Nathan and Lamar,…
Breakfast in Color
After experiencing a colossal blunder by the Walmart Pick-up where they loaded my groceries into someone else's car and then sent me home with nada but the bill (which I…
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…
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…
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…
Mt. Lemmon
We've never in all our 22 years in Arizona explored much south of Phoenix beyond Casa Grande, so it was with great anticipation that we set out for a brand new destination: Mt. Lemmon, located just to the north and east of Tuscon.
I was completely unprepared to find mountains tall enough to have a ski area and pine trees so far to the south! What a delight it was to see so many beautiful new sights throughout the day.