The Peaceful Road

• Little Joys 3 weeks ago The boys have so been enjoying grandma's neighborhood. This guy usually finds at least one lizard or snake a day...N can play for hours with a little pile of leaves.Who knew laying in a pile of leaves could be so relaxing?L prefers sweeping up the leaves for the neighbors......and climbing trees (a...
• America the Beautiful 1 month ago The first week of April we went to meetings on the east coast, then spent a weekend with old friends in Washington, DC.
• America through the eyes of my TCKs* 2 months ago My TCKs ready for an egg hunt in their grandmother's backyard--it was L and N's first Easter in America, and A's first since he was one year old.A: "The drinks in American are, like, twice the size of the drinks in Taiwan! They are WAY too big! Nobody can drink that much...well, unless they're...
• A Real Conversation 2 months ago While snuggling with my middle one...Me, in a teasing voice, "L, you are growing up way too fast. Can you please stop it?"L, giggling, "No, I can't! I have to grow bigger!"Then he stopped and thought for a minute. "Well, maybe I can stop for a little bit. I'll give you today, okay Mommy? And then...
• Oh Fair New Mexico 3 months ago We were so thankful to get away and take our long-awaited family vacation. Mike originally had plans for a super-epic road trip that would have taken us all the way to Idaho (!), but thankfully I was able to talk him down from that ledge and we settled for a slightly easier (but still ambitious)...

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