Baka is the Serbian word for grandmother…more correctly, its the diminutive form, i.e. granny. We celebrated Baka’s birthday with homemade cherry cake…and lots and lots of candles placed semi-securely by her grandchildren, wearing their grandfather’s (Djedo’s) South Beach Yacht Club matching shirts. Bella made us all laugh when she proclaimed that it was “time to […]

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I just can’t believe that we’ve had another Sunday School Graduation under our collective belts. It’s been three years since we started this version of St. Anthony’s Sunday School. The children have all grown so much. Father George had a special treat for them. He had prayer ropes from Mt. Athos, which is the center […]

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The Reno Rodeo. It’s one of those things that if you live here, you really need to go to even if you’re not per se a rodeo fan. The town’s simply buzzin‘ about it. It’s all over the newspaper, the TV and the radio. You literally can’t escape it, although I’ve been successful for approximately […]

posted in: Balance, Places We Go

So we’re a little bleary from last night’s recital…it started at 7 pm (actually 7:20) and by the time we got all our things, headed home and tucked ourselves in…it was 1:15 am. Our kids have ::NEVER:: stayed up that late. But it was so worth it. Look at Grandma Sandi with Bella and Alex, […]

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Do you remember your summer camp experiences? Well, we’re pretty sure Alex will! For the second year in a row, Ken and Alex attended Cub Scout Day Camp and boy, did the boys have fun. This year’s theme was Space. And our not-so-little, future aerospace engineer loved every minute of it (we’ll blame both his […]

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Happy, happy Daddy’s Day to all the daddies, grandfathers, djedos, uncles we know!!! Ours was a fairly quiet day…started off with a yummy breakfast…chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and strawberries. Followed by presents and cards….Our gift basket for Daddy included a sports book he’s been eyeing…an Awesome Dad t-shirt (he has to get one a year […]

posted in: Creative Outbursts, Family, Holidays

It seems to me that in the summer, kids grow by leaps and bounds. And while its officially not summer yet, the growing has begun. As of Memorial Day weekend, Bella is wearing big girl underwear, sleeping in her big girl bed and taking swim lessons all by herself. I am a little torn about […]

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