Our trip to Sacramento was, of course, mainly to pay our respects to Aunt Sheila and spend time with family. But we also squeezed in some adventure. My cousin Mark said he didn’t want it to be a sad time, he wanted us to be celebrating. And he made it easy for us to enjoy our…
I wasn’t sure I was going to write about our trip to Sacramento. It was emotionally so overwhelming for me! I wasn’t expecting it at all. I’d be bawling over the loss of my aunt one minute, and cracking up with my cousins the next. But I realize that is all part of life, the ebb and flow,…
No silly Friday Confessions this week. Drove last night with tired eyes. And this morning we will spend with family. We came from all over, offering love and support to those who need it. Holding each other up. Remembering someone who had a beautiful soul and was taken from us much too soon. My…
When the cousins in Orange County invited us over for Fourth of July, we were pretty excited. Our holiday weekend last year was kind of a bust because we spent the whole day in traffic. This year, we would not make that mistake again, golldarnit! My husband had the brilliant idea to take the Surfliner train and…
A couple weekends ago, my sister came to visit! Yay! She brought my sweet nephew, of course, along with her boyfriend and his cute kids. They had a busy schedule getting all the CA goodness in, and fighting lots of traffic every step of the way. We couldn’t do everything with them because it was right…
Over the weekend, we got news that my Grandpa Bill passed away. It wasn’t exactly a shock, mostly because he was 97 years old. Amazing right?! But it still tugs at my heart strings to think he is gone. One of the few people I have known my entire life. We grew up on the…
Weekend between Christmas and the New Year. Paul has time off. Hmmm… I should catch-up on editing photos. I should get the house in some type of order. I should, I should, I should do so many other things. But spending some days being lazy sounds nice. Spending some time in a quiet town sounds so good. Seeing…
Too much food. The first words that came to mind thinking about our trip to Utah. Seriously, though. Still full. But also: laughter, beauty, nostalgia, happiness, frustration and a little bit of heartache all rolled into one big group hug. We stayed up too late. Woke up too early. Made too many dirty jokes. Enjoyed…
My brother rocks. He came all the way from Missouri, accent and all, to help us out with Stevie for the weekend – just because he wanted to. Well, it was his wife’s idea, let’s give credit where credit is due! And it was the greatest. Where he gets his energy, I will never know. He kept up…
I know I keep referring to it as the worst day ever. The truth is it was just like every other day. Tantrums every five minutes. Incessant nagging. Screaming and frustration. But it felt so much worse because we were at freakin DISNEYLAND. I mean, there were time-outs next to Pirates of the Caribbean, begging…