June was a great month, not only because it is my birth-month (happy birthday to meeeeee!), but we also got to travel to Houston to see Nonna! We had lots of fun adventures with her. We spent some time at Surfside Beach where Ben collected clams, snails and hermit crabs and Nora made friends with […]
Read moreMay was super fun and BUSY! First and foremost, Nora turned THREE this May!!! She's such a fun, sweet girl - she loves dinosaurs and sharks and gives the BEST hugs. She also has lots of opinions, which she shares with us on the regular (which we love, of course!). Nora had a great birthday […]
Read moreBen turned 6 this month!!! He's the goofiest, most creative kid we know. He loves Legos, soccer, chess, hamburgers, tacos, drawing, playing video games, and hanging out with his friends, Max, Maddox, Easton and Willow. He no longer lets me call him "Ben Buns" or "Bean Boons" (can you blame him???). We celebrated at our […]
Read moreMarch was tough because of some illnesses, but we made the most of it! Ben developed HSP after having strep throat in February. The condition caused him to develop small bruise-like marks all over his body and would cause random swelling mostly in his joints and neck. He was in a lot of pain at […]
Read moreFebruary was busy! I volunteered at the ASU West Campus OpenDoor Event (basically an open house), so Craig brought the kids to campus to keep them entertained. They built solar ovens and learned about thermal energy at my demo. They also built butterflies with fluttering wings, visited a fish lab, rolled in grass, and played […]
Read moreHappy New Year!!! We packed a lot in to January despite the semester starting at ASU. After celebrating the New Year, we headed to California to visit with Mema and go to Knott's Berry Farm. The kids loved the rides in Camp Snoopy - their favorites were the Huff and Puff and Snoopy's Flying Ace. […]
Read moreDecember was a lot of fun, except that Nora started the month out with an illness :(. Debbie and Joe came up to celebrate a late Thanksgiving since some of us were sick with the flu on Thanksgiving Day. We ate out and then went back home to make gingerbread houses which all definitely turned […]
Read moreLunaH-Map has FINALLY launched to space on Nov 16th! Woohoo!!! Craig was able to travel to Florida to watch the launch. Ben and I went to ASU to watch the launch on the big screen. Ben said "I KNEW it would launch!!! Grandma TT woke Nora up just in time to watch it at home. […]
Read moreOctober is always fun. Halloween is our favorite and it's finally cooling down so we can spend more time outside. We started the month by attending Dinos in the Desert at the Phoenix Zoo, where we ran in to Ben's friend Max and his parents. They had a TON of fun together checking out dinosaurs […]
Read moreThe semester is in full swing so (of course) I'm a bit delayed in posting! Ben's loving kindergarten. He started chess club and seems to love that, too! He's been practicing with us and played in his first tournament. He did pretty well - If I remember correctly he won his first game and lost […]
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