Birthday Portraits – Alyssa
I wanted to do a photo shoot with Alyssa for her birthday last month, and finally made it happen. Alyssa is many things - a funny, stubborn, sass-bucket, athletic, super-smart,…
Portrait Practice – Ellie
I've been meaning to do some portraits for ever, but it's been hard to find a willing subject, for one thing, and for another, it's just so ridiculously cramped in…
The Dog Days of Summer
When the heat index has reached 100F by 8am, it's difficult to find motivation to do much of anything but stay indoors and lie around, watching YouTube videos about how…
RIP Gwinny: ? – 06/01/23
It came as a shock. Gwinny has been growing several tumors over the past year or so, and the doctor had always said they were just benign fatty tumors and…
Summer Begins
As I mentioned in the previous post, Paul and Laurent went up north with the kids for the weekend and, in the various to-ings and fro-ings on the ranch roads,…
The Ox Bow Saloon in Payson, Arizona
A Sunday Afternoon Drive
In keeping with our family tradition of over two decades now, this weekend, being Memorial Weekend, was designated as the end-of-the-schoolyear-going-to-the-ranch. Normally the schedule would have been to leave on…
A Freshly Minted Freshman
I don't mind saying there was quite a bit of bother about getting this kid promoted tonight! Well, to be honest, he made it pretty easy what with his stellar…
Kindergarten Promotion Certificate of Achievement!
A well earned milestone, and tackling obstacles
This morning started out like every other morning, except that today was the long anticipated Promotion Day for the Maryvale Prep Kindergarten Class! That meant scurrying around and making extra…
All in the Merry Month of May
We've almost made it, just one last sprint and the month, and school year - will be finished! Let me reprise to catch us up: The merry month of May…
The End of Lent
If I'm honest, this has been the longest Lent I can remember. We've been grappling with the consequences of significant mental health diagnoses for for two of our kids, juggling…