We broke out the lawn games this week to entertain ourselves outdoors in addition to our indoor puzzling and gaming. The kids have been keeping busy with work from their teachers and zoom conferences. We rigged up a document camera…

Well, we made it through our first week of home quarantine. The kids have been getting assignments from their teachers via email – Eleanor has had a full day of work most days, and Henry has had a bit less.…

We started off this week with a field trip with Eleanor’s class to the mission at San Juan Capistrano. Her class is doing a project on all the missions, so this fit right in. Both Mom and Dad got to…

Baseball season gets into full swing this week, with one game during the week and another game on the weekend. Henry has been enjoying it so far – he gets to play lots of different positions, including catcher! He had…

We had a fun quick visit from Uncle B this week, stopping by for a quick golf tournament on his way home. Also exciting this week, Henry had his first baseball game. Unfortunately, there are no pictures as Dad was…

It was a big week for school activities – Eleanor finished her mission project and took it into class in preparation for her presentation. She also received an achievement award for excellence in math. Henry had a field trip to…

The week Eleanor and Mom got a re-do on their trip to Chicago, and this time everything went smoothly (although they still got some snow!). Eleanor had a really good time, and basically spent the entire trip with her friends,…

This week Eleanor and Henry welcomed Grandma and Grandpa into town for a fun week. Somehow, we managed not to get a single picture of either Grandma or Grandpa – I think Grandma has at least one or two on…

Henry and Eleanor celebrated the Super Bowl this week with Uncle B, Aunt B, and Lala in town for a chili party! We had a blast hanging out at Aunt and Uncle B’s rental house, complete with batting cage, trampoline,…