Having the Fourth of July on a Friday made for an extended weekend for everyone!  The boys and I took it easy in the morning while I finished making dessert, but the Webmaster and Ane were at our city’s annual parade, which our church helps manage. Once they got home, we prepared for our potluck […]

Now that Auntie is (mostly) home for the summer, she and I created a teaching plan for the kids.  She’s doing the teaching, Grandma is the principal, and I jokingly referred to myself as the lunch lady. Each of the older three kids has a list of things they are going to be working on […]

Even though it was Father’s Day, not Mother’s Day, I snapped this picture of Obachan and Ane.  I am so grateful that they know and love each other. And yes, Ane is sprouting up right now.

We had a very low-key weekend.  We celebrated with Gichan and Great-Grandpa on Saturday.  The weather was cool and had been rainy, but it held off long enough for the kids to play outside – including Thumper. Then we had church in the morning as usual on Sunday – but I remembered to snap a […]