Golden
You know how hard it is to wait for your Golden Birthday when you are 8 and about to turn 9? It's suuuuper hard!! Some how, some way, we managed…
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…
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…
Birthday of the Month – September Edition
I'm a little late in blogging about September's birthday, but I definitely want to shout out to our newest 15 year old, Xavier! I have been under the weather for…
Labor Day 2022
Labor Day weekend was, for me and the kids, an epic ranch trip. We did so many things, and, more importantly, so many great things happened. The universe would, I…
End of Summer Ranch Getaway
With only a few days left before the new school year begins, Paul decided to zip up to the ranch with three of the younger kids to have some fun…
14+6
Another year, another double-birthday-party for Jordan and Ruben! We all enjoyed celebrating Jordan's 14th birthday today, along with Ruben's 6th birthday. It was a simple affair with chili-dogs, chips, fresh…