The annual spring concert was held tonight at Reitz Memorial High School. The sky opened up and dumped buckets of rain upon all of the musicians and guests alike. However, that did not dampen the spirits of those in attendance. Mason’s music teacher, Mrs. Buedel, once again selected pieces that highlighted the students’ abilities and […]
Cub Scouts celebrate the anniversary of scouting in February with a party called the Blue and Gold Banquet. The Cub Scouts also have a special ceremony to honor their Arrow of Light recipients as they move on to join us on the dark side, the Boy Scout Troop. After the cubs who earned the Arrow […]
I headed off for my second visit to Washington, IL for the Knitting Pipeline Retreat yesterday. I was so excited to take my car on its first long trip. Car play was one of the selling points of this vehicle and it was working well. I left right after the kids got off to school […]
This paper was supposed to be about something that was really hard that we accomplished. For me, what I think about was last year when I hiked Cotopaxi. If you don’t know what this is, Cotopaxi is the second tallest volcano in Ecuador and has a glacier at the top. When I was in Ecuador […]
What a wonderful Christmas celebration we had! Bill and I were up before the boys and had time to shower and make breakfast before the boys padded to the living room. Mason’s stocking was filled with Simpsons and Batman mystery Lego minifigs and a new ornament and Walker’s with Fantastic Beasts and an ornament as […]
Our Christmas eve was nice and quiet day. Bill and the boys helped set up the luminaries with the Boy Scouts at church and we had Chinese food for dinner. We took some time to rest after dinner and then we went to Midnight Mass, one of our favorite traditions ever. The church was aglow […]
Meet Zach. Zach is Jessica’s boyfriend and she is one of my favorite baristas at Starbucks. Over the last few years, we became friendlier after I put two and two together that she was the cantor at church who sings like an angel. A few weeks ago, she asked me if I would pray for […]
Today is the way we said goodbye to my 2014 Toyota Highlander. I won’t eulogize her but I will say she was a good car. In fact, I called her my good luck car. Despite several mishaps, she served us well and kept us safe. However, all good things must come to an end and […]
I’m predictable. I have to hope it’s not boring for those teachers and friends on our Christmas gift list because once again I made them granola using my standard recipe. I’ll forget by next year how much we gave and how many bags I packaged so for the record, I’ll post it here. Signature School […]
We think you’re great So we left you a plate. Fill it up with a treatThis afternoon when you meet. ::: Please bring your plateto the faculty meetingand enjoy snackscompliments of the PTSA. Liz and I have been in cahoots organizing monthly mailbox treats for the teachers. For December we planned a sweet and […]