With bated breath, we have been eagerly awaiting the end of the annual ritual of Choosing of the Halloween Costume…and drum roll, please…Kata decided right away she was going to be Ariel this year. Her fascination with the Mermaid Princess lives on…now if we can reassure her she needs to breathe while swimming and hold […]

posted in: Family, Holidays

These pics were taken on Friday, September 21st (double-click on the first pic and it should enlarge)…and we finally had some rainfall in the valley and snow (?!?) in the mountains…hmmm…is this a sign of the winter to come?…will we have a Fall this year??? Stay tuned…the one thing about Reno weather is if you […]

posted in: Family, Milestones

Soccer season officially started yesterday. Alex is on the Blue Legged Lions…don’t ask…the kids all came up with the name…He loves his team and they’ve been playing together for the last three years and this is the first year with referees…so now, at last, we can “boo” someone…Sports Mom Etiquette prevented me from boo-ing the […]

posted in: Balance, Places We Go

The thing about living in the mountains is that the weather can change in a blink of an eye. This was last weekend when my parents came out to visit and we went to Sand Harbor. Peaceful. 84 blissful degrees and then a slight breeze…okay…one of our famous zephyrs…who knew those existed except in legends […]

posted in: Family, People We Love