Monthly Archives: November 2012

The kids were really excited about Conference this year.  They started asking when it would be on about a month in advance.  I am not kidding myself, I don’t think they are so much looking forward to being spiritually fed … Continue reading →

So, the boy turned 14 this year.  Lots of new stuff happening, lots of changes, most of it very good. 🙂  For one, he is old enough now for us to confidently leave him in charge while we go to … Continue reading →

An old childhood friend contacted me via Facebook and asked me if I would be willing to host her daughter’s Flat Stanley for a while.  I immediately agreed, as I have seen lots of other cute stuff done with him … Continue reading →

The kids had another day off from school on September 10, so we went up to Legoland for one last day of fun before they closed for the winter season.  I was looking forward to another fun day with hardly … Continue reading →

So one morning I get back home after a morning of running errands and shopping without kids, (aah, pure luxury) and the message light is blinking on the answering machine.  It’s Noah’s handicraft’s teacher calling to tell me that he … Continue reading →

We have awesome neighbors.  Really, really awesome neighbors.  Friendly, kind, helpful, everything you want in a neighbor.  So when some of them organized a backyard barbecue for the rest of us, I was happy to go.  They originally wanted to … Continue reading →

Every year, when I celebrate back to back birthdays I am so, so , so grateful that they aren’t on the SAME day, like the doctor wanted.  I may have lost peripheral vision in one eye, but it was totally … Continue reading →

Sophie turned 10 this year, and we celebrated with a party at the Zurich Zoo.  Since I didn’t need to do anything for the actual party but show up with the girls at the right time, I went all out … Continue reading →