Christmas on the East Side
Christmas day began early for Paul, Natalie, and Ellie, who went over to Grandma's side of town before everyone else woke up so the girls could help her with preparations,…
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December 26, 2024
Christmas on the West Side
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…
December 25, 2024
Refinishing
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...
December 23, 2024
Cozy
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…
December 17, 2024
A Jenga, Badminton, and Spaghetti Kind of Day
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…
September 23, 2024
Ain’t it Grand!
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…
August 4, 2024