Becoming an altar server is a wonderful rite of passage. At St. John, incoming fifth graders are trained and then they serve a week’s worth of daily masses at 7 am. In this way, they garner experience to serve at weekend masses starting in the sixth grade. Father Tom is known for his sense of […]
Along my early morning run today with my buddy Krista, we stumbled upon an art show. Someone, or maybe some people, with time and talent got very creative. I enjoyed these chalk drawings so much that I told Krista I wanted to take pictures on our loop back. I’m glad I was in the right […]
I knew my birthday was off to a great start when my family surprised me with breakfast in bed. Being as caught up in the culinary cosmos as we are, they prepared for me a beautiful omelet with fresh spinach and feta, topped with two slices of heirloom tomatoes. On the side were two slices […]
Inspection at Camp It’s been a joy of watching Mason pop up in this week’s camp photos on Bunk 1. He and the Amantacha unit survived the first night of inspection. Mason absolutely loves gaga ball. As soon as we get to camp, he makes his way to the gaga pit. He’s watching this game […]
At the Soul Challenge, Walker won a raffle prize to the new indoor party zone that just recently here called Xtreme Party Zone. With Mason away, I thought Walker might like to explore it with his friend, Joseph. The giant pole barn is divided into different areas. The ninja zone involves various physical challenges. Here […]
Summer is officially here now that Mason is headed to his first week of summer camp at Ondessonk. He was so eager to get there and get started that we left our house before 8 am. It’s a two hour drive and the gates open at 1 pm promptly. That meant that we had a […]
In a labor of love and friendship, our community came together to celebrate life with Chris and his family. The lines of connection cross multiple times but Chris and his wife, Millie, have four kiddos. We know them from school, church and our 4-H club. In his honor, our 4-H club sponsored a benefit dinner […]
We adopted some friends to join us for swim practice but first we stopped for lunch at Chick Fil-A. And while they swam, I knit.