It was our turn to host the Cub Scout Den meeting this week and I called the Reno PD to see if an officer can stop by and give the boys a talk about safety. Oh what a talk! He was wonderful and talked to the boys for 1.5 hours…they peppered him with questions and […]

posted in: Family, Things We Do

I don’t know why Ken and I do the Things We Do sometimes…but after all the Easter celebrations, we decided to cash in Easter Bunny’s gift certificate and Grandma Sandi’s gift at Build A Bear Workshop. Alex’s Rainbow Bear has outplayed, outwitted and outlasted any stuffed animal we’ve ever owned. He got a fluffing…which was […]

posted in: Balance, Places We Go

Bella still yawning…she stayed up late the night before. So it was Easter today for everyone but Eastern Orthodox Christians…sometimes our Easter falls on the same Sunday and other times it’s as much as a month apart…and this year it’s the far apart version…for those curious there are good explanations out there…but basically it has […]

posted in: Family, Holidays

Please ask yourself…what is wrong with this picture??? Look at the girls’ pajama bottoms??? Do they match? No. Are Kata’s pajamas awfully short and Bella’s awfully long? Yes. This is the way Ken dressed the girls for bed last night…Bella had these loooooong pjs on all night, wrestling with them no doubt…but she did sleep […]

posted in: Family, People We Love

The week ended with a Basketball Playoff…Alex’s team lost in their own version of March Madness…no matter…he improved so much from start to finish…I truly hope he goes out for basketball next year…but the team overall seemed to peter out at the end…so we finished the season not so triumphantly…but full of little accomplishments that […]

posted in: Family, Milestones

I just realized that’s it’s my one year Blog-a-versary. So it made me think…365 days…made me think of that song from “Rent”…”Seasons of Love”… 525,600 minutes,How do you measure a year?In Daylights – In SunsetsIn Midnights – In Cups Of CoffeeIn Inches – In MilesIn Laughter – In StrifeHow Do You MeasureA Year In The […]

posted in: Family, Holidays

Yesterday was the Sunday of Orthodoxy at our church. The Divine Liturgy ends with a procession led by the priest of people holding their icons . In our case, its the children who hold up their Saint’s Icon (i.e. their baptismal Saint). This was the first year that Bella marched in it all by herself. […]

posted in: Family, Holidays