I’ve spent more time in public libraries since becoming a mom than I ever did as a child. Libraries are wonderful resources for parents–not only because of the books and DVDs, but especially because of the free programs for kids. Our tiny Goodyear library moved to its new, beautiful building this year. We’ve been enjoying… Read More Libraries are for Mommies
Last Thursday, I attended part of the Arizona state senate session in the capitol complex. My dad teaches history and travels the country as an evangelist during the summer. He writes letters to the editor, applicable to certain states/cities, and sends them to various newspapers across the country as a way to have a public… Read More Arizona State Senate
For this year’s valentines I used the Christmas pictures we had taken of the boys. With a picture like that on the front, of course the valentines were adorable! On Valentine’s Day, the boys and I drove to Stephen’s office and picked him up for lunch at Chick-fil-a. Then Silas, Cooper and I met some… Read More Heart Day & Other Days
Early, early tomorrow morning we’ll be headed to the airport to catch a Christmas Eve flight. This will be our first Christmas with my parents and sisters since we moved out to Arizona in 2009. The family celebration should be a lot of fun with two little grandsons/nephews visiting West Virginia for Christmas. Silas and… Read More Our Merry Little Christmas
Last night we loaded the boys into the car after supper to see some neighborhood Christmas lights. Silas sang carols with us as we drove. Stephen found a map of the Valley where neighbors could register their homes as light displays for others to come see. Our first stop was impressive for a single home, and… Read More Christmas Lights
Every Tuesday Stephen heads downtown to the office of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). GPEC is one of GreenLoop’s clients, and Stephen is scheduled to manage their IT needs on a weekly basis, so he’s been able to get to know the GPEC employees. When GPEC announced its annual dinner, GreenLoop offered to pay… Read More Formal Dinner
This month I’m trying something new–a book club on Facebook. I miss the book club I was privileged to be part of in Indiana. We would read one book a month and then get together to talk about it. I loved that the first question we were asked was, “What did you like about the… Read More Online Book Club
Swimming lessons–how classically summer! We signed up for swim lessons with our friends, Eden and Melissa, for the month of July. After looking at lessons in a private home swimming pool and lessons offered by the YMCA, I finally found Aqua-Tots, and we’ve loved it! Aqua-Tots provides summer swim lessons in outdoor satellite locations. Ours was… Read More Blub, Blub, Blub
For the past five weeks we’ve started our Saturdays with soccer class for Silas. We signed him up for Tot Soccer through the town of Buckeye since it was the only soccer program for two year olds that we could find in the area. The coach had the kids do lots of games that taught… Read More Little Kicker
Earlier this week I snapped this pictures of a spontaneous storytime with Daddy after work. Stephen does all the character voices when reading Huge Harold. Bill Peet books are some of Stephen’s favorites for the boys. On Tuesday I took the boys to storytime at the library. Silas wore his baseball uniform (which he calls… Read More Storytime