The Leap Year Rhyme Leap Year, Leap Year, When will you be? Every four years Then you’ll see. You want more? We do too! How many more can you Leap to? Love the new spring shoes at Nordstrom…I know they are not practical and I have absolutely ::NO:: place to wear them…but wouldn’t it be […]

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From L to R starting at top row – Hello, Blizzard!, Whipping Storm Front Wind at Galena HS, Kata’s scarf floating in the wind, Ken trying to pull the sled in spite of the wind gusts. After last night’s blizzard, we got the bright idea to head out and do some sledding…so we trucked up […]

posted in: Balance, Places We Go

So somehow our darling Kata managed to twist her ankle…and good…she managed to actually cause it to swell…we’ve been icing it and letting her “rest”…she’s enjoyed the pampering and being waited upon…like we didn’t know we’re raising a little princess…she even went to ballet class and received lots of praise for showing up and watching […]

posted in: Balance, Things We Do

Tonight Alex’s team posted their first W…that’s as in, win, baby!…and Alex actually…almost…made a basket himself…I am so proud of him…basketball is a natural extension of Ken’s right arm…not so for Alex…he’s worked so hard…it is his first season playing…and times are different…Ken and his buddies were all about hitting the hoops after school…these days […]

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Baka came out to visit so I could heal in peace. But the boll weevils that are my children just can’t let anyone have a moment of peace…God bless them…and my healing was truly and miraculously short and quick and full of those deep cleansing breaths…I can go on and on about how I should’ve, […]

posted in: Family, People We Love

Roses are pink,Our feet really stink,We’re running out of ink,So we’ll wish you a Happy Valentines Day, we think! I couldn’t resist re-tooling that old rhyme from elementary school…the kids had such fun posing for pictures…even Becksie behaved for the most part… Wishing you a day filled with hearts, laughter and a little pink frosting.

posted in: Family, Holidays

Some of you may have heard…but, at least for the last three years, if not most of my life, I have had trouble just breathing…I’ve also had some nasty ol’ sinus infections…so sometime last November I decided enough was truly enough and I went to a Ear, Nose and Throat doctor who was very recommended…and […]

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