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May 2021
May was filled with family weekends and busy working weeks. We had a visit from Tucson Russins for the first weekend of the month. We had a nice time celebrating Mother’s Day as a family with Grandparent Powers. We also celebrated Tim’s 40th birthday with a low key family time. We finished the month with a…
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April 2021
In April Tim and Alicia celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary with a trip to Julian. Grandparents Powers generously watched the kids for four days to give us an opportunity to enjoy some quality time together. We’ve remained fairly busy through April with work, school, and weekend activities. Cordelia has been working at school on a report…
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March 2021
March seemed to finally settle into a more normal routine for us. Alicia’s morning sickness subsided and she felt much better this month. The kids managed to stay mostly healthy, aside from a lingering cough that Lydia picked up. We remained very busy with work, school, and weekend activities. Mimi and Papa came for Cordelia’s…
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February 2021
February continued January’s bumpy streak but towards the end of the month things might be finally settling. We all suffered from the stomach bug that was circulating around the kid’s school. The kids all had a holiday break week from school in the middle of the month. Cordelia spent the break week with Mimi and…
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January 2021
2021 is underway! It turned out to not be the smoothest month for us transitioning back to “normal life.” Alicia took an extra week off work to keep the kids home from school after travels. Then after one day back to school, Lydia’s class got shut down for two weeks due to a positive COVID…
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December 2020
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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November 2020
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 2020
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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September 2020
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 2020
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…