Grandma’s Flowers
A few days ago it was national dog day, and Paul coincidentally had just snapped three pics of Natalie snuggling Gwin-gwin. Very sweet pics! Natalie and Ruben were at Grandma's…
August Beginnings
The month of August traditionally begins with back to school pictures. This year was to be the year the Ruben joined his siblings as a Maryvale Matador in kindergarten. He…
Saguaro Ranch Rose Garden
On the day after the day after Christmas we betook ourselves to the Saguaro Ranch Park, where I was given ample time to browse the just-past-peak rose garden and use…
Wildflowers
After a Spring-break week of mostly-stellar behavior from the kids, who cleaned every day, played outside, barely fought, and got to watch tons of Marvel movies too, I wanted to…
Family Time
A little update at the end of a full Sunday, and the beginning of another week. I am so, so happy to be able to report that I am finally…
Tuff Shed (aka: The Little Red Barn)
Over the course of a couple of weekends in February, we achieved a long-desired goal. We pulled down the old, dilapidated metal shed in our back yard one weekend, and,…
Construction and Destruction
Over the weekend there was a whole lot of tearing down and building up at our house. On the inside: I've been working on rebuilding our family library after clearing…
Christmas Vacation
Our two weeks off of school was plagued with a lot of sickness this year, as it came in waves and hit just about everyone, and me last of all.…
Rainy Season
We've had a few days of rain here in Phoenix this week, culminating in this morning's pea-soup fog on the way to church. Here are a couple of shots I grabbed from…