York is turning twelve tomorrow. I know! I can’t believe I have a boy who’ll be passing the sacrament! Just to make his birthday crappy, he got braces. He was pretty happy that I took a “during” shot: Happy Early Birthday York! He says he wants a Cookie-Cake for his birthday. Some sort of […]
This year we got our Big Summer Trip out of the way early on. We had a family reunion with most of Mister’s family out in San Diego. Mister’s Mother turned 80 this year and we all got together to celebrate. We rented a bunch of condos right on Mission Beach and had such a […]
You know what the really crummy thing about having lots of readers who know me in real life? My ability to tell funny and mean stories/complain about people is severely thwarted. For example, there is someone coming to visit me in a while and this person, although nice, causes me a great deal of stress. […]
We’re back from Galveston. Did you know that it’s actually an island? I didn’t until I went there this week. My friend Cheryl invited us to come and hang out with her and her kids (our husbands both had to work. They’re lame that way) to “escape the heat”. Unfortunately Galveston defies all logic. Despite […]
Unlike most bloggers these days who have a charmingly dressed toddler and a sweet baby who is constantly and adorably photographed, I have tweens and teens and a couple of grown up kids. We moms of older kids are more of a silent bunch. Not because we don’t have anything to say–quite the opposite! But […]
Today my son Finn is thirteen. That puts the number of teenagers at my house to three. This is what I didn’t know about kids growing up: the older they get, the more fun they are. Teenagers are really cool. Much cooler than toodlers and about a jillion times cooler than babies who are not […]
York just turned 14 a couple of weeks ago. He’s is physically unable to smile for the camera so I figured I should spare you the ugly pictures of York scowling. I did manage to snap one decent picture of York with my camera phone over Christmas while he was geeking out with my Mom […]
I have been neglecting this blog very sorely. Part of it is general summer laziness; the fact that our schedule is rather–how shall I put it–fluid. I do the minimum amount of everything needed. The least amount of cooking, the least amount of cleaning, and the least amount of blogging. It’s nothing personal; just a […]
We’re back from Galveston. Did you know that it’s actually an island? I didn’t until I went there this week. My friend Cheryl invited us to come and hang out with her and her kids (our husbands both had to work. They’re lame that way) to “escape the heat”. Unfortunately Galveston defies all logic. Despite […]
You know what the really crummy thing about having lots of readers who know me in real life? My ability to tell funny and mean stories/complain about people is severely thwarted. For example, there is someone coming to visit me in a while and this person, although nice, causes me a great deal of stress. […]
These are the first flowers I’ve cut from my garden this year. As trite as roses are, I love them. Love, love, love them. And the bluebonnets this year have been so gorgeously obnoxious, carpeting themselves everywhere. Here, I’ll show you. This is Arabella and Margaret at our friend’s farm. This is all to distract […]
Since we have been talking about presents and how I love them, let me tell you about a present Mister gave me a few years ago: a garbage can. Yeah, I know, lame. I thought so too. Let me backtrack a little. When we moved to Texas we left a house with a trash compactor […]
Unlike most bloggers these days who have a charmingly dressed toddler and a sweet baby who is constantly and adorably photographed, I have tweens and teens and a couple of grown up kids. We moms of older kids are more of a silent bunch. Not because we don’t have anything to say–quite the opposite! But […]
This year we got our Big Summer Trip out of the way early on. We had a family reunion with most of Mister’s family out in San Diego. Mister’s Mother turned 80 this year and we all got together to celebrate. We rented a bunch of condos right on Mission Beach and had such a […]