Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Last minute change of plans! I got an email from the Children’s Heart Project: could I transport a boy and his mom home to Uganda? “The timing really couldn’t be better,” said my mom. The kids have had lots of time acclimating to life at my parents’ house. I said I would go if they couldn’t…
It’s the last night of the year! Simon, Katrina, Carsen, Canon and Case arrived for several days of Crowded House shenanigans. The cousins bounced on the trampoline, climbed way up in the trees, chased and ran, napped hard, and loved the together time. The adults stayed up late playing Time’s Up and Loaded Questions. Zap…
After the candlelight service, Grandma read all present grandkids “A Night Before Christmas.” “Why are we reading this one?” asked Isaac. “Because it’s the night before Christmas!” said Uncle Justin. We did a traditional JUMP photo Christmas morning between stockings and the rest of the presents, after a leisurely breakfast. Just kidding. Breakfast with five…
“Again the Ghost sped on, above the black and heaving sea—on, on—until, being far away, as he told Scrooge, from any shore, they lighted on a ship. They stood beside the helmsman at the wheel, the look-out in the bow, the officers who had the watch; dark, ghostly figures in their several stations; but every…
Kid Christmas excitement is mounting into a fever pitch and it’s not even 9am on Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas, Chris! We’ll have a blue Christmas without you!
Over the rivers and up and down, Through countryside green and brown! The O’Shays know the way to drive the huge sleigh, Past tumbleweeds, desert and towns! Hey! Eight people in one car for eight hours! We made it! We listened to a podcast, an interesting new kid album, and endless hours of Octonauts. The…
It didn’t feel particularly windy at the park this morning, but now that we’re all hunkered down for naps, the wind sings around the eaves: Midland’s desert lullaby. The cousins are delighted to be together. Eloise and Jane adore each other. Isaac and Ezekiel are the best of friends. Baby Ezra is the cutest. Thank…
