Really Good News
Time has gotten away from me but I needed to mention two really big pieces of news that happened Monday and Tuesday this past week. Two of my adult children…
Nearly 19
And I say "nearly" because we celebrated Xavier early so as to have the party at Grandma's on Sunday. It's so hard to fathom the passing of time. Xavier, ten…
Milestone Birthdays
July is a big birthday month, and this year is especially notable. As of today we have both a 10 year old (double digits!! Yayy!!) and an 18 year old…
Adventures in High Places
Wednesday Evening Going to the ranch for July 4th weekend was never a sure thing, but we had talked about it on and off. When I said I really wanted…
Low Key 14
Monday was the actual day, but we celebrated Alyssa's 14th birthday with Grandma on Sunday, and, true to her character in general, it was low key. She asked only for…
Graduation
Welp, we made it. Through the school year, through finals week, and all the way to the actual-factual graduation day for Natalie! But a quick re-cap back to the previous…