Oh, Christmas! The anticipation of Advent, brought to glorious fruition in the long awaited celebration of Christ's birth! Everything we do throughout this month - decorating, baking, planning, attending concerts…
For many years, our table that could comfortably seat 8 was just the right size. With four kids, myself and Paul, plus my mom and brother, it was perfect! But then along came seven more kids, and everything went bonkers! Finally last month I did what I'd wanted to do for so long and bought two smaller tables to stick end-to-end...
On the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, we rejoice (and light the pink candle!). After mass, it was "over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we…
As we do approximately every other week when a couple of kids stay at grandma's for the weekend, we headed over to the east valley after mass to retrieve the…
Even though it's only the beginning of August, we've reached the end of the summer. School begins this coming week for our kids here in Arizona, hard though it remains…
We made it through July and all the way to the long awaited and greatly anticipated birthday celebration for Jordan (16) and Ruben (8)! What a month it has been…