Last Friday when I picked up Walker from school, we spent a little bit of time hanging out downtown. There is a coffee shop called River City about a block or two from Walker’s school that a number of folks had mentioned to me both for their coffee and their wares. Those two details made […]
Tonight was the Signature Winter Formal. A group of Walker’s friends invited him to join them for dinner at Biaggi’s first and then they went to the Old National Events Plaza. I didn’t get any pictures of him before he left but through the magic of the cloud, I have this collage. It looks like […]
Although Walker has had introduction to Spanish classes at St. John, his language acquisition began accelerating at a rapid pace when he started in the immersion classes at Signature. (I still recall what they told us at SIG on the the night we enrolled in classes. “Don’t choose a language that you think is easy. […]
Mason earned a B. U. G. (Bringing Up Grades) Award for the Second Quarter. He has been working so hard in school so it was great to celebrate that. Now we just need to see if we can spot him among all these smiling faces.
It’s a brand new year and I am greeting it with joy, grand hopes and dreams. As I’ve done in the past, I’ve chosen a word to help me keep focus. Actually, the word chose me. I had been thinking a lot of my desire to finish a bunch of projects this year, especially ones […]
Today was the day we traveled to Indianapolis to cash in Mason’s St. Nicholas gift and see Jeff Dunham perform. We made a day of it and got up in time to have a late lunch at P.F. Chang’s and make a stop to the Apple Store in the mall. Unfortunately, the service at P.F.’s […]
I secretly have been knitting for the boys on and off over the last few months but I finally able to let the cat (ok, frog and bunny) out of the bag yesterday. The frog was an easy choice for Walker, the frog kid. I knit his first and worked on it a lot during […]
We decked the halls a little differently this year and the tree found its home in a new spot. The nutcrackers stood at attention nearby and that corner of the house felt very cozy. Last night we went to Midnight Mass and took a few photos on a timer. That always allows for some fun […]
One hundred fifty luminaries were set up along the walkways leading to the doors of church. Once again, many scout hands make light work. We tossed in a seminarian for good measure. Of course, night time photos are difficult but these capture a bit of the Christmas eve glow.
As they have done in the past, Mason and Bill went shopping for this year’s ornaments. They selected a dated Precious Moments and Wonder Woman for me, Deadpool and a trumpet (in honor of his first year in band) for Mason, and Super Mario Yoshi and the Gingerbread Joker for Walker. It’s fun to see […]