We had a mellow Thanksgiving with Matt’s brother, who came over for a couple days from his college in Minnesota. What a treat that we were able to spend Thanksgiving with family after moving so far away from family.…
On her last day, Grandma spoke up. “Aren’t we going to see Chicago?” she asked. Now we know better than not to take our guests down to see Chicago (we live about 45 miles north of the city),…
The beach is a nice place to take a small-town country girl, especially after a couple of days of traveling around urban Chicagoland. We had a relaxed and easy time there, as always. The beach has been a…
After a day or so of laying around not knowing what to do with herself, Grandma started thumbing through a crafting book. For the rest of her stay, our table was covered with materials– scissors, glue, paper of…
Vacations in my life tend to be good times to catch up on gaming. Grandma was visiting and had nothing to do but hang out, so, being glad to oblige, hanging out was our top priority. Cribbage was…
Because Grandma has a ritual of giving her grandchildren Jelly Bellies (one for each kid, although the line on how many times you can go back for another one is a bit blurry), we thought it would be…
Matt’s mom left today on a plane back to Montana. We had five days of being fully with her, and what a blessing it was. We crafted, gamed, chatted, ate, adventured, and enjoyed lots of grandma-grandkid quality time.…
We have been giving her a weekly allowance and requiring that she complete some simple regular tasks, but on one recent evening Ashton decided to do some extra contributing around the house for money. I was tired and…
There’s been a lot of Uno playing around here lately. It’s a game we all enjoy, and Cedar can play along too. Our friend Seth taught him to say “Snap!” with the ‘mean’ cards, so he’s having a…
