Archive for the ‘ Summer ’ Category

Pool Safety!

Living in Phoenix like we do, where having a built in pool in your back yard is almost as common as having a grill out there, you gotta think about and beware of who has access to the pool. Read the rest of this entry

Every year it starts more quickly and ends more quickly than before.  And always I feel that same feeling.  At the beginning of the summer when school lets out, it’s that bit of fear and trepidation of the unknown, what are we going to do with each other 24/7 for the next two months or more?  But in the same way, it always ends the same too.  While there’s excitement sending them back to something new, there’s the quiet discomfort of a summer well spent and some sorrow knowing you’re going to miss them…a lot. Read the rest of this entry

The School Year: It’s a Wrap!

It’s all so sudden.  The school year goes on & on.  A little activity here, a little activity there and then just as school is about out…the craziness escalates to unbelievable proportions.  So much now to do in so little time!  With five kids in four different schools there’s a lot to think about.  Signing permission papers, handing out money…that turns into my job.  There’s field trips to fun Read the rest of this entry