Winter 2022

What a great way to start the year ...

a New Year's Day hike to celebrate Rachel's birthday!

A bit chilly but so much fun and so beautiful. 

 A bunch of homeschool mom friends get

together for a once a month game night ...

Crazy fun with dear friends!

Elaine and I loaded up our bikes (ourselves),

drove into town to paved paths to take a couple bike rides.  

So great to get some exercise, hang out and

stop for a fun snack!

Rachel and I celebrated her birthday with a fun ride

around Tempe and had a fun lunch out.  We ended the day

with a giant plant for Rachel to take home!

Deb and I had a shopping/lunch day out to celebrate her

birthday, but no pictures.

The Macs, Nelsons and Tim and I took a family bike ride

then had dinner together at the Macs.  So great and

crazy to have all 14 of us hang out!

Everett came over to spend the night to celebrate his

10th Birthday!  His choice was “picky” food for dinner.

He enjoyed playing with Fischertechnik, playing Monopoly,

riding bikes and feeding the birds.

Tim and I have taken many bikes rides this Winter...

gotta do it before the heat gets here!  We’ve gone to 

Tempe, Mesa, Queen Creek and Gold Canyon.  

We often stop for a happy hour treat!

Jonah works at Xavier’s theater so Deb, the kids 

and Tim & I went to see Sound of Music!  

We went out to Starbucks across the street first

and out to pizza after.

It was a great show ... great lighting, Jonah!

Lilia got to spend the night alone for her birthday ...

for the first time - she’s a big 5 year old!

We love hanging with each of the kids.

They’re growing up so fast!

We try to hang out with the grands once a month,

so the parents can have a night out!

It’s great to be with these special kids.

 

The Macs came over on St Patrick's Day to

celebrate being Irish by eating 

Corned Beef and Cabbage!

Spring is here now and it’s gorgeous ...

getting chores done,  the yard cleaned up, 

and enjoying being outside.

  Sure hope it stays cool for a while before the heat gets here!

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Merry Christmas 2021

 What a special Christmas!

James and Beka drove home for the 1st time in 2 yrs...  

We've missed them so much. 

So very great to be together again! 

All 16 of us got together on Christmas Day at the Macs!

Our 4 beautiful kids!

Our amazing grands!

Park fun!

Christmas music making fun!

Campfire fun!

So very thankful for our family and many

wonderful memories made!

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Fall 2021

 The grands finally had an in person piano recital!

So fun to see 4 play.  Emily broke her arm the week

before so couldn't play...but she was the announcer!!

Owen!

Everett

Adah and Caden!

They all did a wonderful job ... so very proud!

In October I took a trip to Ohio. 

 I hadn't been there since Sept 2018.

 I flew into Columbus and spent the night.

The next day I drove to Fremont and checked into my hotel.

It was fun to drive around and see my old stomping grounds!

I spent the evening with my cousin Mark and Denise.

Such a great meal and a such great time!!

The next day I spent with my dear 87 yr old Aunt Janie.  

She prepared a lovely lunch and cousin Sherrie

and Rosie there, too!  We enjoyed chatting and driving 

around the countryside to visit many special spots!

We met Joe and Emily for ribs in New Reigle

and ended up at the Reinhart cousins for a visit.

So very thankful we did this as cousin John died

of a heart attack a couple weeks later.  It was

a miracle that we got to see him.  We did not take pictures 

but this is John and I from a few years ago....  

such a special guy and so thankful for this trip!

The next day I met Joe and Emily at Mom and Dad's

gravesite.  We then followed each other to Cincinnati.

All my siblings and some of the nieces and nephews 

met at Steve's amazing home.

It had been 3 years since we were all together!

We got to see Kyle, Kent and Vince on their High School

Football team.  We had a blast cheering them on!

 

Jingles and Mullet showed up at our campfire night!

 

I got to go with Joe and Emily to the Cincinnati zoo!

So much fun!

The rest of the Fall was quiet... 

but we got had some fun times with the Grands!

We spent Thanksgiving at the Nelson's...

So special and so delicious!

We got to have Adah and Emsley over 

to celebrate their November birthdays!!  

We went to see Encanto and went out for pizza!

We were all so proud to see Uncle James' name

in the credits!!  (7th from top)

James' posts about Encanto's premiere in LA - so very exciting!

We had a fun time playing games together and 

shopping for and creating special ornaments

for their parents!  The girls were so thoughtful and

creative.  What a great time to be with these

two special ones!

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