Monthly Archives: November 2015

We started the weekend with a benefit dinner for Stronger Families. Taya Kyle was the keynote speaker, and the organization raised almost $300,000 in that one event. It was fancy and fun! Saturday, JT had his last football game for the season. It was cooollld. We also got his football photos. Isn’t he handsome? MatchingContinue reading “Weekend Photos”

We lost power for about 28 hours during the big wind storm. We are blessed with gas range, fireplace, and water heater, so we had a warm house, warm water, and warm food the whole time. We did have to add ice to the fridge to cool down the food, and the freezer kept beepingContinue reading “Wind Storm”

Haley’s date with Jim this month was to Disney On Ice: Frozen. Jim told her they had a special date and asked her if she wanted to know what it was, or wait to be surprised. She said she wanted to wait and be surprised! So Sunday after lunch, he told her to get dressedContinue reading “Disney on Ice: Frozen”

Last week during half days for school, the kids and I had dentist appointments in the morning. Since that meant JT would only go to school for about an hour, we skipped it and took a ferry to visit Uncle Jeff at work instead. We had a front row view on the ten minute ferryContinue reading “Trip to the Island”

We have another nephew! This makes four, ages 20, 3, 1, and newborn. Quite a gap there. 🙂 Congratulations to Matt and Jennifer. He is a cutie! One day old Walter James Small arrived on October 10th and we attended his Catholic baptism this weekend. Look at the difference a few weeks makes! Great GrandmaContinue reading “Welcome Walter!”