Monthly Archives: October 2008

My niece, Julia, recently graduated from Dartmouth and now working as a tutor for the children of rich, famous people, is flying down here for the weekend. She speaks Spanish (having lived in Spain, she does not speak the pure … Continue reading →

Tomorrow my cousin Julia is coming to visit!!! Cousin Julia is amazing. She’s funner than Jiffy Pop (As fun to make as it is to eat!) or Silly String or knitting or all of that stuff combined!  When I turned … Continue reading →

Some of you might have noticed that Christian has started drawing some of the Betty Blonde comics. He is equal in responsibility with Kelly for the invention of the characters and for many of the ideas for individual strips that … Continue reading →

After the chaos of our recent trip to Mexico, we are just now starting to get back into the groove. In the evenings, I usually read aloud to the kids while they work on their art (Betty Blonde) and Lorena … Continue reading →

Most of you know that Grandpa Milo, our friend Ron, and I own a small business in Idaho named Quality Corners. We make moulding accessories which we sell through distribution to big box stores like Lowes and Home Depot. When … Continue reading →

As Dad mentioned, I was feeling especially crafty this weekend.  I have rather strange weekends.  They all have a feeling. I have lazy weekends, baking cookies weekends, organizing weekends, e-mail weekends, crabby weekends, reading weekends, swimming weekends… the list goes … Continue reading →

As part of our recovery from vacation plan, we did nothing too strenuous this past weekend. We went to the bookstore on Saturday morning and to meeting on Sunday morning. After meeting we went to a Southwest cuisine place called … Continue reading →

This morning I got on the scale and saw that I am now down over 40 lbs. from when Bryan and I first started the weight loss death match. I see that Lyle is posting regularly again now and he … Continue reading →

We received a letter from the North Carolina education bureaucrats at the Department of Non-Public Education (DNPE) just before I went to Mexico. The way it works in North Carolina is that each homeschool has to be ready to set … Continue reading →

I got home last night about ten minutes early.  Troy picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at my car.  I stopped off at Harris-Teeter to pick up some shaving creme and razors.  I forgot that I … Continue reading →

Things have been just lovely here in Monterrey. On Thursday, my uncle Lynn took us sightseeing around Monterrey. Some of the places that we went to: Lynnsito’s kindergarten: We said hi and ate some veggies, because it was nutrition day. … Continue reading →

There is a very a beautiful rock formation right on the edge of Monterrey we visited last night.  I have a busy social schedule today, so I might not be able to post much until Wednesday morning, but I will … Continue reading →

A taste of what we enjoyed on the wedding.  This is Valeria, Jorge and Mari’s three year old daughter.  She looked quite stunning at the wedding.

This morning we slept in until about 9:00 or so, then went with Tio Lauro to see the new house he built for his family in Santiago, Nuevo Leon, just close enough to Monterrey to benefit from very good infrastructure. … Continue reading →

All my bags are packed and I’m ready to go… My buddy from work, John S., is going to drop me off at the airport this afternoon to fly down to Monterrey through Atlanta. I am excited to see everyone … Continue reading →

Lazy days here in Monterrey…  Today we went to the local mall.  It’s two minutes away from the house, literally.  We had fun there… it’s actually a surprisingly familiar place!!!  It’s interesting to see how much I remember from previous … Continue reading →

I talked to the Lorena and the kids in Mexico last night while I was washing clothes and doing a chores around the house. As is always the case when we visit Mexico the weekends are crazy with barbecues, visits … Continue reading →

You can click on the pictures to see them larger. Some of the many beautiful mountainsseen when flying into Monterrey Tacos from the awesome little outdoorrestaurant around the corner fromGrandpa Lauro and Grandma Conchita’s house Eating tacos with cousins Lynncito … Continue reading →