No matter how much I complain about my kids, I am thankful that I have them in this life, and at this moment in time. My cousin, Joni, just posted a link to a...
A few weeks ago, Jared and I went in for a dental cleaning at a great little 2-person office at Ajijic Dental which may be just as popular as https://www.vanhoofdental.com/. The dentist was superb,...
A friend showed me this very entertaining article: Is mommy an exotic dancer? The importance of clear communications File this under miscommunication. On his blog, Baltimore weatherman Justin Berk posted this provocative class drawing...
We have a lot of extremely talented friends in Skagway, Alaska. This year, some of our friends were asked to attend an invite-only Ice Carving competition in Breckenridge, Colorado last week. When the competition...
There are funny quirks about this place...and sometimes I see things that make me laugh so hard...For example, we purchased a bunch of metal handmade planes, trains, and automobiles for our store.The shop owner...
About Christmas...It was quite an unusual Christmas...warm, sunny, and quiet. Our tree was a whopping 9 inches high (including the angel). It took about 5 hours of crafting the "Arrbol Navidad" at a church...
After Ella's nearly 3 week break from school, we are ready for Preschool to resume! This has been a typical scene in our house, lately, and my ear drums are about to burst!School begins...
Before Christmas, we took a road trip south to the Mexican state of Colima, and into the coastal town of Manzanillo. On the way, we saw rows and rows of palm trees, which we...
So, there are quite a few fruits and vegetables floating around here in Mexico (okay, not literally) that I'm not familiar with. One day I noticed an odd-shaped fruit located in the same pile...
December was a busy month in Mexico! In one week we celebrated Maiya's 1st birthday, attended 2 parties, saw fireworks 4 nights in a row, and also attended Ella's school Christmas party. And that...
