I am first and foremost a child of God. I am also a wife to a wonderful man for the past 22 years. I am a mother to six beautiful children. Life is hard, but life is good.
For 15 years on Halloween we have been to our downtown Courthouse Square to watch the elementary school our kids attended march around the Square in parade style. We were sad to miss it this year as our youngest has moved out of the elementary school onto our 5th/6th school. Instead I made plans to … More Halloween Festivities 2019
Seven years ago my sister-in-law Sheryl and her husband Dan bought a condo down in Puerto Penasco, also known as Rocky Point. I saw the beautiful pictures and the view they had and they told us we were welcome to come anytime, but the passport issue kept us from coming down to Mexico. Well in … More Puerto Penasco
This past weekend we were able to head over to CA for some fun. My kids had half days of school Thursday and Friday due to teacher conferences, and Monday was a staff development day. So after I picked the last one up from school on Friday, we headed out. Our first stop was Victorville, … More CA Weekend
This week I went to my friend Dr. Willer, who happens to be an optometrist. It had been several years since I had my eyes checked. In fact one of the questions on the form I had to fill out was when were your eyes last checked. And I put a question mark down. You … More EYE CHECK UP
I wanted to share a bit about our fur babies we have in our house currently. At this time period we have one dog and three cats. But let me share a little more about how these animals ended up in our home. Let’s start with the oldest. Socks is known in my house … More Love Our Pets
Although the summer months don’t officially end until September 23rd, the summer vacation my kids have from school is over. They actually started on August 1st this year. I know, a lot of people comment on how early that is. But they got out of school May 23rd, and if you count, they actually got … More Summer Plans
One of the hardest things as a parent is when your child moves away. I first experienced this when Taylor moved to Los Angeles to go to college at USC. Although she came home the first two summers, that was it. Now she is a college graduate and she loves living over and California and … More They Moved Away
One of the things I remember doing when my now 22 and 21 year old daughters were younger were Mom and daughter and Dad and daughter date nights. It was important to us that they felt important and they really enjoyed these dates with their parents. As our family grew this became harder and it … More One on One Time
We live in the state of Arizona. When people think of Arizona they think desert and the hot sun. While we have a lot of desert and definitely hot sunny days, we also have mountains and rivers and forests and we even get snow! I know, crazy, right? When I was younger I grew up … More Verde River
This past May my oldest daughter graduated from USC (University of Southern California). What a special occasion it was. Not only did she graduate from one of the prestigious universities, but she graduated from their film school, where they have a 4% acceptance rate. And not only did she graduate from their film school, she … More Graduation from USC
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