July little things
(I’m slipping this in WAYYY after June, but love to have it here to document!) June was filled right up with family and Newport and Utah. We started out in…
the best time of the year in the desert– hiking/orange season
It is the best time of the year here in the desert. The perfect temperatures for hiking: And my orange trees are heavy-laden with all this golden goodness: There’s nothing…
the holidays are over, what now?
Dave and I watched “Puss in Boots” with Lu over the three-day weekend. (It was a cute movie.) As Puss was grappling with how to handle only having one life…
Good Timber Doesn’t Grow with Ease — Sunday ponderings
Just as time was running out for our first meeting at church today (it was testimony meeting where everyone can stand and share their thoughts about Jesus), Lucy stood up…
a regular weekend around here, and a LAUNCH TOMORROW!
We filled this last weekend up with all sorts of things. Since the weather dipped from 110 to a mere 95 (or something like that), we decided to take these…
what our “young adults” have been up to lately
The summer semester ended for Grace and for Claire. Grace’s ended earlier than Claire’s, and she’s been working double shifts up there, sometimes with fun visitors: (Mini cousins Moses and…
how non-empty-nest life is going over here…
I got to walk around the high school running into Jonah, Aja and Elsie between classes the other night at “meet-the-teacher” night… …and I thought to myself once again, it…
May little things
We started out May finishing the tail end of a few days in Austin exploring Grace’s mission stomping grounds. We fell in love not only with that cool city, but…
January little things
Ok let’s get down to business and crank out a recap of January. We started out this brand new year with a little double date to the Fiesta Bowl with…