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Alex’s fourth grade class took a field trip to Donner Memorial State Park this past week. The best part for me? Well, Ken got to go on the field trip. It was his first one and I think both the boys enjoyed it immensely. Besides the learning about the obvious, i.e. the Donner Party, they […]
posted in: Balance, Places We Go
Bella is officially All Grown Up now. She goes to preschool and she gets her very own extracurricular activities. Here she is in her ballet class. Same instructor as Kata, the effervescent but tough, Ms. Diane. We (heart) her. I know I’ve said this before but it bears repeating. Life lessons can easily be learned […]
posted in: Balance, Milestones, Things We Do
So last night we got a wonderful treat. The Grambling State University band came to Reno and the night before their game against UNR, they played the Peppermill Hotel Casino in their new Tuscany Ballroom. To watch a 300 hundred piece band perform is one thing. To watch them perform like they did last night […]
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There’s a great song by Everything But the Girl called, “Apron Strings.” And as the days and months and years go by I realize that I, too, wish I could wrap all my children in my apron strings and keep them there forever. I know you can hear it in my sigh – but – […]
posted in: Balance, Milestones
We’re settling into our new school year schedule, and I must admit we’ve enjoyed slowly adjusting to it. But this week, we begin weaving in all of our extracurricular activities to what will be a crazy daily timeline . Today, the girls’ year round Swimming Class started. Tonight, I sign them both up for another […]
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Ken, Alex and Bella went to a special autograph signing recently. Nick Fazekas, the University of Reno’s All Time Leading Scorer was in town to help promote a new NBA development league team – the Big Horns. Alex was thrilled that Nick signed his Wolf Pack hat. He’s been wearing it ever since. Bella, on […]
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Last night’s Phelps victory was a little bittersweet for me. You know I am Serbian and I graduated from Cal, so I was harboring hope that Milorad “Mike” Cavic would stand proud on the medal stand. And he did. The silver spot. But, the gold was so close. The length of a fingernail, the thickness […]