September has come and gone with school being the main focus of the month. AWANA has begun along with some other activities. Natalie turned one this month! We didn’t have much of a party but we did celebrate with cake and ice cream, plus a trip to our favorite pizza place. We ended the month…

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August started with summer camps and activities. Then the school year began. We also celebrated Alicia’s birthday and closed out the month preparing for Labor Day weekend. The weather was warmer, so the kids spent lots of time in the afternoons splashing in the blow-up pool. Cordelia was stretched out of her comfort zone this…

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Lots of fun activities happened this July. We started the month with the 4th of July celebration. Then we took a family trip with the Powers clan to Palm Springs, where we enjoyed the 115 degree weather by spending most of our time in the pool. We had a small just (immediate) family birthday celebration for…

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June was a busy month! Lots of changes, transitions, and celebrations. The older two kids finished the school year and our Au Pair completed her year. Alicia transitioned to part time work, working from home to be with the kids. We made some slow progress on the yard, finished up the AWANA club year and managed…

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Bumpy with some tough curves is how May has gone. Tim finished his last week at General Atomics and started at ASML. We had a nice visit from Mimi and Papa for Mothers’ Day. We celebrated a late Mothers’ Day with Mom Powers and then Tim’s birthday. We finished the month with some friends, enjoying…

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Family and love would be fitting words for April. We were able to spend some good quality time as a family and couple this month. We started off the month with a friends birthday party for Cordelia. She was showered with love and presents from all her friends. Tim took his final two weeks of…

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March has felt long, “foggy”, and uncertain. We continued to deliberate over the future for our family in the summer and coming school year. Things are starting to solidify on that front but not completely finalized. Tim took Cordelia and Anthony to Arizona for the same week his sister was visiting for a mini family/cousin…

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This month has felt busy and tumultuous. We’ve managed to get a lot of activities squished into the shortest month of the year. Tim and Anthony took a camping trip, Natalie started on baby food. Mimi and Papa came for a visit and took Cordelia and Anthony back for a week in AZ. The anticipated…

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As we close out the first month of 2022, bumpy would be an apt description. Alicia returned to work, the older two kids went back to school, but that was just the beginning. Between school classrooms getting closed and constant adjustments, this month has taken on its own definition of “roaring 20s” We also switched…

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Another year has come to a close. We spent December with holiday celebrations at the kids’ school. We also had celebrations at AWANA. We celebrated Christmas at home as a family with a special piano concert, videos about Jesus’s birth and Charlie Brown Christmas. We spent the last week of the month enjoying time together,…

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