Happy New Year to all! This year has been a reminder to us all that we have very little control over the circumstances around us. The way we expected things to go at the beginning of the year all received sudden and large changes. In December we were able to enjoy our family time in…

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Happy post-Thanksgiving to all! In November we continued our weekly routine of school and work. We got a visit from Mimi and Papa in the middle of the month. We had our first round of colds, mainly Cordelia and Lydia. We also celebrated Thanksgiving with the Powers clan. Cordelia is enjoying school and seems to…

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October – how the months fly! This month has not really had any extraordinary events. We celebrated the Powers Cousins’ birthdays. We’ve settled more into a routine with school pickup and drop off, trying to gain a bit more family time in the evenings. We have also been regularly attending a small group once a…

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Well, September turned out to be a bumpy one! Started off the month with Lydia’s first “camp grandma” and a trip to the mountains for Tim, Alicia, and the older kids with Mimi and Papa. Unfortunately the trip to the mountains contained a lot of smoke, as large portions of the Sierras caught on fire…

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August continued the busy streak from July. Tim returned from a week long work trip to Julian. Then a Powers clan trip to Legoland and a special bonus of Alicia’s cousin joining. Things settled a bit before we started our “new normal” with all the kids going to the Montessori all five days, all day…

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Despite closures and restrictions we have had a very busy July. We started out celebrating 4th of July with the Powers Clan, visiting Alicia’s bother’s new house. Then we celebrated Lydia’s 2nd birthday. And a bonus visit from Alicia’s cousin. Anthony had his week with Grandparents Powers. Tim also had two work trips. We continue to have…

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This month Cordelia and Anthony continued back at school. Grandparents Powers have been coming to watch the kids and Aunt Kelly too. We have been able to settle back into a routine that allows us to have a good work-family balance. The weather has been nice this month. Slightly warming up, allowing for some pool…

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Some big changes this month. At the end of the first week our Au Pair Julieta left us. Thankfully Tim was able to adjust his work to go semi-part time and Grandparents Powers came over to help for the rest of the month. Cordelia and Anthony were able to go back to school starting middle…

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April has been a different month for everyone. Schools and activities are still closed, going on 7 weeks now. The weather made a drastic change from down-pouring rain to summer temperatures two weeks later. Tim and Alicia were still able to get away to celebrate our 9th anniversary, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa watching the…

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March madness. A term once reserved for College basketball, now applied to pretty much everybody. As much as we wish it were otherwise, this month has been an unprecedented whirlwind of chaos. Church, lifegroup, work, kids activities, everything has changed with the COVID19 pandemic and associated shutdowns. We’ve been keeping our shopping runs to once…

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