well, there have been some really great moments and photo opps lately with all this family reuniting business happening here in our home. but thankfully, I don’t have to take a lot of pictures or worry about missing the moment since that seems to be everyone else’s job. And they are posting on their […]

Family, familia, semya, kazoku… all 21 of them, everyone; you name them, they are here.
yep, we’re all together right now for a reunion and an after-Christmas-over-New-Years shebang. One of the nicest things about it is that my grandma is visiting with us, and Feli and Marco and new “Deanie-Baby” are all the way here […]

Of light and life

Merry Christmas Dear Family and Friends! We love you!
Hugs, Kisses, and Best Wishes for a Magical Christmas for you and yours! May the new year bring you happiness, health, blessings and many answered prayers!
–Darren and Claire, and children,
Ella (3), Emmer (1), Evan (5)

…at this blogging thing. I really I am. I’ve come to realize that. And yet I have the audacity to keep blogging.
you know it’s like all these things keep happening to me, really good blog material type stuff. stuff to cry about, laugh about, remember, many things that could be exaggerated and woven into […]

I’d like to welcome my friends Joan and Tracy and (5) kiddos to the blog-world!
I know we’ll have fun keeping up with you here, SO THANK YOU! You have such beautiful children (you’re pretty beautiful people yourselves!) and you are just the best parents too!
Love you guys!

The other side builds his case.

partners in crime. good thing the markers are washable. smart mommies and girlies there.

off my brother’s blog. I freely admit it. But WOW! It was just too good to leave there alone.
Inflexibility is one of the worst human failings. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence, and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its […]

My friends Sam and Tammy who we live and work with, have a little sister named Carissa “Kika” who is 4 years old and was born with spina bifida. She’s a precious little girl, and her parents who are missionaries in Mexico with their 7 children, have gone through a lot to fight for her […]