
What a difference a few weeks make! As of the Thursday morning before last, we weren’t even trying to potty train Thomas (on account of our Christmas frustrations). read more »


We drove down to Big Sur Friday morning to celebrate our fifth anniversary. On the way we stopped in Monterey for lunch at Bubba Gumps (good but a bit overpriced for the amount of food) and then a fun park. We then drove on to a "rustic" cabin at the Ripplewood Resort. It was a lot less rustic and a lot bigger than we had believed it would be. But we won't complain. After checking in we went on a short waterfal read more »

So nothing seemed to work this week. Our computer had a major crash, and it took most of the evenings this week to fix it. Karl’s phone had to be replaced. We couldn’t figure out how to salvage the sprinkler system in our side yard. read more »




The rain finally ended last Wednesday (except for a short storm on Friday). And the puddles evaporated enough that we did some more work on sprinklers on Saturday. We also went to a park while Karl played frisbee on Saturday. Saturday evening, we had “Girls night out” and “Boys night out,” respectively. Angela’s girl’s night out was way more relaxing, but at least Karl, Thomas, and Jonah had fun at Arby’s. Friday night we all went to the church and participated in game night. read more »
