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Alex is on a soccer team that he helped name – The Anacondas. They have a pretty even record this year and his skills continue to improve. There he is in the bottom row, second from the left. He’s squinting against the wind and the sun. The best part of watching Alex play these last […]
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September has been quite a month. All three kids are now back in the swing of school. And our rhythm of extra curricular activities started as well. So I was a little busy. I apologize for the lack of posts. I’m also helping out on the Mundie Moms’ and Page Turner’s blogs. Check them out. […]
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A few weekends ago, Ken and Alex went off on yet another camping trip. This time it was just the Cub Scouts in Alex’s Den. And it was only an overnight trip. To a gorgeous campground right on Lake Tahoe. I mean even a sunrise can look good there right?? The obligatory s’mores. And frolicking […]
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I’ve blogged about our appreciation for the Biggest Little City in the World before, but we do love living here in Reno. And we do love certain events that happen during the summer – like Hot August Nights.What’s better than watching classic cars cruising by on a hot summer evening? Well, except this was an […]
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To be filed under – This Is Why We Worked So Hard to Have Them. The kids are all at that stage in life where they are desperate to help us with chores. Even car washing has become a fun diversion for them. As our temps warm to close to 100F what better (and cheaper) […]
posted in: Balance, Family, Things We Do
We’ve had some incredibly hot days here lately. As Auntie Daphne, who visited us in July and graciously took these photos, likes to say about the temperature – it’s something-stupid. It really is just that. Our temps have been hovering around the century mark for what seems like weeks now. For us, the answer to […]
posted in: Balance, People We Love, Things We Do
Even when we were first married and living in our one bedroom condo, Ken and I always grew vegetables in pots on the balcony. Tomatoes. Peppers. Cilantro. Yeah, we wanted fresh salsa. But somehow when we moved to the High Desert, we never even tried to grow anything here. The marshland quality of our soil […]