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Now that we have a Whole Foods (and oh, what a sight to behold with a fireplace and cozy couches by the entrance) in our neck of the woods, we have a Farmer’s Market as well every Saturday morning. And guess what’s in season?? That’s right, peaches. I was determined to jump into the genetic […]
posted in: Balance, Food, Things We Do
This was our sunset on Wednesday night. The photos don’t do it justice. It was BRIGHT red and very fiery. Alex said it looked like Mars. The fires are still burning in Northern California and our wonderful gusty zephyrs aren’t around to move the smoke out of the valley that is Reno…so the smoke just […]
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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 […]
posted in: Family, Milestones, Things We Do
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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Yesterday’s lesson learned – good things come in packages and also when you wait. Baka’s and Djedo’s birthday present for Bella arrived yesterday…well, they did also put something in her card which arrived on Friday…but for Bella, it’s all about…”MY black and white cow!!!”…which she quickly named “Moo” because Kata read the attached tag to […]
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Phew. We just finished Picture Day at Kata’s Ballet Studio. Not wanting to be late, we arrived 15 minutes early only to wait 45 minutes because they were running behind. And then it took them another hour and a half to take the picture of the little mice. Oh my. Kata was all made up. […]