by Annie | Aug 24, 2017 | Out and About
Penny and I took a little trip. No, it didn’t involve an ocean and we were on each leg of the trip no more than 2 hours. But the stress I felt about cooping that kid up in a big metal tube in the sky might as well have been from a transatlantic flight! She did...
by Annie | Jun 22, 2017 | Kids!, Out and About
The summer is off and running, alleluia! Truth be told, it feels like in the last 4 weeks we’ve lived a lifetime of summers all at once. There have been so many activities and so little sleep. Mostly, it’s been great. Mostly. This week was Duc In Altum...
by Annie | Jan 20, 2017 | Out and About
Children of mine, At the moment, we are climbing the Sierras in the van with most of us sick. You have requested to listen to Hamilton at least a half a dozen times and are rolling your eyes at our California themed play list. Someday this will be the soundtrack of...
by Annie | Oct 19, 2016 | Out and About
October has been so very lovely in the weather department. We have been to the downtown fountains to play several times and have tried to soak up the mellowness of a lovely, lasting autumn. For Tess’s feast day I told the kids I’d take them downtown to...
by Annie | Aug 4, 2015 | Out and About
Just over a year ago, Jac began looking into a uniformed, Catholic youth movement for Tess. We didn’t want to hitch our wagons to the cookie sellers and our girl was itching for badges to earn so we were motivated. When we found the Federation of North American...
by Annie | Aug 3, 2015 | On the Home Front, Out and About
Jac’s shirt tonight says ‘LIFE’ on the back. The front says ‘limitless’ and together? Well, that pretty much sums up the last 9 weeks. Summer 2015 has been full of birthdays and Duc in Altum, weddings, visits, campouts and sleep away...