Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
The other day my oldest asked me to remind him what his first word was. This comes up from time to time because both boys have kind of fun and unusual versions of this milestone. Wait - a story about the boys when they were babies that I haven't told here yet? Oh, let's fix... Continue Reading →
A much needed visit to New Mexico to check in on Alex. Texting & weekend phone calls just weren't enough especially since we dropped him off on Aug 17th and he wont be back in town until Dec 13th. I needed a visual in between those four months! The weekend was just perfect. I landed... Continue Reading →
*We interrupt this Salt Lake City set of posts in progress - these photos were too rich not to share right away!* While I was in SLC, Alex's rugby team drove in to Tuscon, Arizona to play U of A in rugby. Both squads have enough players on hand to have both an A and... Continue Reading →
Scroll over each photo to view the captions which partially tell the tale. No time to type it all out right now!
He was up until 1:30am working on a final English assignment to turn in on the last possible day to submit work for grading (of course), but.....he did actually graduate high school. On a Friday the 13th (of course, again).
Today: On the team bus at 10am. Arrive Cal State Long Beach 12:45 Spend entire bus ride & ensuing down time until the game chatting with other moms (very lovely). Match starts at 3:30. Sit through tense, poorly officiated (unless you were the other team) So Cal U18 club finals that results in our team... Continue Reading →
Front row. Fourth from the left. Jeebus! Can't even follow wordless Wednesday rules!!
Day 3 of our Spring Break Road Trip was the primary reason for traveling – a group tour at the University of New Mexico at 9am Friday and then a lunch meeting with the Lobos’ Rugby coach and some players. UNM was the only school Alex ever considered in the US. By sheer stroke of... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 