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Blog post describing what’s going on this month.

  • March 2020

    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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  • February 2020

    February has been a transitional month for us. We’ve been going to a new church and joined a small group (life group) close to our house. So far it seems like a really positive church and we have enjoyed getting to know the other people in the small group. Each of the kids have also…

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  • January 2020

    January was a busy month for us, starting off 2020.  We had a couple of big changes this month; primarily we all bid a tearful farewell to Valéria, who had been with us since January of 2019.  The whole family has been sick as well, fighting off a cold that Tim and Lydia lovingly shared…

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  • December 2019

    December started off busy, getting back to work. We also found our next Au Pair and she joined us mid-December. So there was some rearranging and cleaning to prepare for her arrival. We continued to have cold weather with an occasional day of rain once or twice a week. We celebrated Jesus’s birth with songs…

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  • November 2019

    November has settled into “business as usual” with our day-to-day really settling into a routine. Not too much excitement this month. We were able to have another family over for dinner and fun. It was one of the first times we had another family over. Hopefully it will be a continuing friendship going forward. Towards…

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  • October 2019

    October has mellowed some for us. While still busy we have not felt quite so thinly stretched. In the middle of the month we celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles by camping out in the backyard for a week. It was a good time of reflection and re-calibration to what our focus should be on. We…

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  • September 2019

    September was an active month for us. We started with a labor day week trip to Tuscon for three days and then a family trip to the Grand Canyon. We attempted to camp at the Grand Canyon but unfortunately we only lasted one night. The was a pretty large thunderstorm that came through and our…

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  • August 2019

    We are in full summer weather wise with temperatures reaching the high 80s to 90s for the month. We are very grateful to have our air conditioner this summer! August remained busy on the home front with the last half of the month booked on weekends and Cordelia starting school. Our Au Pair, Valeria, is…

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  • July 2019

    Sorry this post is a few days late! July was a very eventful month. In the midst of fevers, colds, coughs, and throwups we managed to celebrate 4th of July, celebrate Lydia’s first birthday, zoo camps with grandparents, and a family trip to Big Bear.  We’re also having some house renovations done. The downstairs bathroom…

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  • June 2019

    Lots of changes this month. Weather has been warming up but somewhat sporadically, one week warm and then a cold week and then a warm week. Cordelia “graduated” pre-school and starting in the middle of the month Cordelia and Anthony started staying at home full time. We enjoyed a trip to the county fair. We…

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