A New Routine and a Walkabout Westgate
The day started as usual around 6am, getting kids ready for school. Along with encouraging everyone towards rapid movement and a timely departure, there's been a new addition to our…
January 2!
On this first Monday of the year, and last Monday of the Christmas holidays, I was ever grateful that, after rising around 5:30am briefly, I was able to get back…
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…
Tis the Season…
...to put up the Christmas Tree! There's almost nothing that can be said to add to the story these pictures tell. This is us. Throw some Manheim Steamroller music on…
Black Friday Walkabout
[Guest written by Paul] Traditions, it is said, annoy the younger generation. So it is with the traditions that I have started. One of these is to go for a…
Sweet 16
On Thanksgiving Day of 2022, our Natalie entered her 16th year! In honor of this very important observance, I wish to offer a Birthday Acronym: Natalie is: N - Naturally…
Thanksgiving 2022
What a year it has been. With more bouts of sickness and hospital stays than I would prefer, including the last 2 months of almost non-stop flu in our house,…
Halloween 2022
Better late than never? I'm not QUITE a month overdue so we'll call that a win. Halloween this year involved just 5 of my hooligans dressing up and going around…