Our love of All Things Basketball is well documented. Ken played it. Coached it. Watched it. I sat back and enjoyed it all from the bleachers. So when we found out that the WAC Tourney was going to be hosted here in town, a certain Dad and his Son had to go get tickets. It’s […]

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I know, I haven’t documented All Things Twilight for a while. But yes, I did get New Moon, on Blu-ray, of course. And my favorite Little Helper was there. Seriously, not only is she NOT named after the Main Character but notice how she can take on the Head Volturi (i.e. the Bad Guy) on […]

posted in: Books, Family, Things We Love, Twilight

We keep trying to see new places around our city and imagine our delight when we saw that the Nevada Museum of Art was exhibiting a Raphael painting. I know right? Yup, here in Reno. The kids had never seen anything quite like it, so using our Be Prepared motto, we had Alex read about […]

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Chalk this up to another valuable life lesson. You see, at Double Diamond Elementary School children are given either Howls or Growls (the school mascot is a coyote, thus the theme) as part of their Encourage Good Behavior Incentive Program. I’m sure you remember those from your own school days. Mine involved a negative focus […]

posted in: Family, Milestones, Things We Do

Kata’s First Grade teacher gave the family a fabulous assignment : to build a Leprechaun Trap. Now, some of you have probably gone through this ritual. We haven’t and we’re so glad that with three kids, we are sure to hit every possible holiday celebration out there! I started by googling “leprechaun trap”. Who knew […]

posted in: Balance, Creative Outbursts, Family, Holidays, Things We Do

It was one of those blustery, snowy, freeeeeeezing mornings when I didn’t want to take my car out and drive them to school. Seriously, it was an ice rink out there. So I glanced outside and declared that we’re walking to school. They were all excited. And hey, it’s fodder for those stories they’ll tell […]

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I admit that I just love Tim Burton so imagine my delight when I saw that he was doing a version of “Alice in Wonderland”?? Kata, as you know, adores everything that’s dark fantasy (remember how much she loves Coraline?) and for months, she was begging me to take her to the movie. Well, I […]

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