Hannah’s birthday was actually yesterday, and she chose to have a sleepover for her party. Mother Nature foiled my plans to have them play outside. Zachary’s soccer game was called at the half due to rain and lightning, and we had standing water in our […]
Hannah is having two birthday parties this year because she chose to have a small slumber party (oh, excuse me, “sleepover”) with a few of her friends. So, we had her first birthday party on Saturday. Hannah wanted cupcakes. Ashlyn got into the cupcakes before […]
Here’s a short clip of Zachary’s soccer game on Saturday. He was acting pretty silly for the whole game, but this is my favorite part of the game.
Zachary played his very first soccer game today. We didn’t expect him to play because he has pretty much refused to practice so far. However, he must have thought it looked fun, because he played quite a bit. There aren’t many things more entertaining than […]
Zachary turned 3 on April 28, and this is the first chance I’ve had to write. We had his birthday party the weekend before. He wanted a Mickey Mouse party, and his cake was my first attempt at using fondant. Bubbles were a big hit […]
In the March issue, Texas Monthly published their list of 63 things all Texans should do before they die. I decided to see how many of them I have already done. #5 – See the world in San Antonio (Tower of the Americas). I have […]
After the 3 or so inches of snow we got Christmas eve, I figured we wouldn’t see much more snow this winter. Boy was I wrong. February 11, we had a forecast snowfall of 1 to 3 inches for the day. The beginning of the […]
My first white Christmas! Unfortunately, it created some travel problems, and the kids did not get to see what Santa brought them until this afternoon. Yesterday was the closest to blizzard conditions that I have ever seen. The cows looked miserable soon after we got […]
On the last full day of our trip, we drove to the coast. It was pretty chilly when we first got to Ecola State Park; it was only in the high 50s, and we had worn shorts and t-shirts. At the parking area, there is […]
During the second day of our trip, we visited the Columbia River Gorge and drove the Mount Hood loop. The Columbia River Gorge was my favorite part of the trip. It was beautiful. We followed the historic Columbia River highway east of Portland. Our first […]