A new week

As we begin another week, I need to pause and reflect on a very special weekend. Carlyle is now a teenager! And this past weekend was her birthday and a couple of very special celebrations! At 13 she can now boast that she’s taller than her grandmothers and mother! She’s not only growing up in…

Celebrating together

T’was two days before Christmas and we, in this house, had all the gifts wrapped except for the mouse! I just thought I would try my hand at some poetry… Upstairs right now I can hear Paige and Grandma talking and the occasional laugh from Grandma. Grandchildren, well our grandchildren, often look at us when…

More family thoughts

Just $1.41 per liter was the price of gas this morning at Costco. I was quite delighted by that price but isn’t that crazy? It wasn’t all that long ago I was paying $1.09 or close to that. After picking up some gas I stopped at the store to pick up fresh bread and that…