The catch of the day -By Darren!

WOWZA!!

Buffalo steak (yes, it’s absolutely delicious. the look on his face says it all) 

The gals

The airplane ride. The kids were very good travelers.

The best little companion and traveler of them all!

Evan sketches the journey.

The funny guys.

Mom cooked delicious dinners every night.

Beauty. As far as the eye can see.

Speaks for itself.
Boating down […]

We’re off! Well tomorrow starts the journey. We pack and head up to the US. Stopping for a prenatal visit at the birth center in San Diego and to buy some vacation gear (fishing poles and water guns from Walmart). Then we leave for Montana! Grandma’s invited us to her ranch for some family time. […]

We were visiting Grammy in San Diego last week and swimming in her pool when Emmer looks up and sees the moon in the sky. (It was only about 5 or 6 pm and the moon was already out though there was still daylight) He says “That’s the moon. It’s not close. It’s far away. It’s […]

We’re in our van driving up to the US and I’m making a shopping list out loud because I don’t have paper and a pen on me; 
 “Kids don’t let me forget to get these things.”  
I add new panties for Ella to the shopping list.  
A little while later Ella says,
“Mommy, can you sew my […]

I came home from being away for 10 days and I was in the car driving with my kids to the paleta (Mexican popsicle) shop when I hear my 5 year old daughter Ella say to her brother Evan; 
“I wanna have a crush with Cade.”
(Cade is a 6 year old boy, the son of […]

Evan being the older brother that he is (and a true O’Test) loves to help *explain* things to Ella. Whenever she asks a question or has a *doubt* he’s right there to give her a full-on Word-based explanation. He doesn’t leave anything out. –He’s able to bring out examples and reference points from the […]