We celebrated Epiphany with sunshine in these parts, a welcome gift from the heavens. Sunshine, however, was not the only reason to celebrate. Monique and I made a decision years ago to have our kiddos exchange their Christmas gifts on the Feast of The Three Kings. It’s a wonderful tradition that alleviates a lot of […]
Today was a mellow Saturday. After my morning meeting, Bill and I quickly scooted out the door and headed off for a longer walk. We started over on Lincoln Avenue and Hebron and decided we would loop around Wesselman Woods as we have done in the past. We walked up Lincoln to Alvord Boulevard, over […]
We welcomed 2021 with rain, rain and more rain. I got up, did my morning workout and then eased into my day. In fact, Bill and I had quite some time alone before the kids were up. They are enjoying the high life of vacation—late to bed and late to rise. This afternoon after the […]
Merry Christmas from our house to yours! Since we did not go to midnight mass, we all started our day after more sleep. I got up first, made coffee and started making our traditional steel cut oats with all the fixings. I still had time to shower before Mason padded out. The boys agreed they […]
It’s Christmas Eve! We are almost ready for Santa to come. We had a lovely day. Bill was scheduled to work at the Covid clinic but because it was not busy, he got to leave early. That meant he was home in time to go set up the luminaries at church with the Boy Scouts. […]
Mason and Bill sneaked off a few days ago and bought each one of us ornaments to commemorate this year. We added them to the tree as we decorated today. First, I received a dated 2020 Precious Moments, Every Bunny Loves a Christmas Hug, and then a Wonder Woman Rocks guitar which plays a version […]
One of the traditions that takes place every year during Catholic Schools Week is the Teachers vs. Eighth Graders volleyball game. Today was THE day as well as blue and gold day when students are invited to creatively incorporate the school colors as much as they can in their attire. The eighth grader girls played […]
Before Christmas season 2019 ends and all the decorations come down, I want to highlight our ornaments from this year. My 2019 Precious Moments ornament is titled, “Have a Heart-Warming Christmas.” Walker’s is the 2019 Super Mario ornament and Mason’s was the Infinity Gauntlet. It was such a perfect choice for him and consequently, it […]
For as long as I can remember, the scouts from Troop 330 have had a very important Christmas eve duty. They are responsible for prepping the walkway at church with luminaires. It is not hard work but the more hands on deck, the faster it goes. We were blessed with an amazing day weather-wise. It […]
Advent calendars have always been part of Christmas festivities. In the past, the boys have each had Lego Star Wars calendars but this year, I decided Bill and I should jump on the bandwagon. I discovered a special skein of self-striping yarn that was dyed in such a way that there were 24 unique stripes […]