July always seems to get away from me!  I am having deja-vous, about blogging our oldest daughter’s birthday last year, quite after the facts.  But, it’s alright really, because these types of family-related blog posts I generally just put together for the sake of our own recorded family history, and

Finally wrapping up the 3 kiddo’s birthday posts here!  But I had to share with you all the gorgeous scenery on our ferry ride home, from Oak Bluffs back to Falmouth.  It was dusk, and it couldn’t have been more beautiful.

As many of you know, our trio babies had yet another birthday at the end of August, and they turned 8.

EIGHT!!

I really wish they would knock it off.

You know.  The whole growing and growing and getting another

Let me start with this *disclaimer:   *The camera {A} got for her birthday turns out to be the amazing little point and shoot I expected it to be.  However, this post contains photos from the very first day we used it > without

By the time {A}’s birthday came, which was following the later part of the long 4th of July weekend, we were on a partying roll.   Per tradition in our family, the birthday person gets to choose what they’d like to do as a family, within reason.  {A} had a special wish indeed this year… (READ MORE......) | 11 Comments

{JM, O & S} sure are!  This day, that they have waited for for so long, finally arrived! I promise, this is the last of the First Holy Communion posts – along with the Vittles post up right now.  We’re hoping someone, somewhere, is still interested, while we indulge in posting about this happy occasion… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

New Year’s Eve was a GOOD TIME at our house!!

We were ready to rock in 2010!!

We went to 4:00 mass to start, because the next day was a Holy Day of Obligation for us.  It was a really great mass, with a great homily, so that was a great start to our whole night.

When we got home, we started… (READ MORE......) | 10 Comments

This is the beginning of our belated posts on Hallowtide: 1)  Halloween  (All Hallow’s Eve), 2) All Saint’s Day and 3) All Soul’s Day.

Hallowtide is always a festive event in our family.  We love this time of year, and very much enjoy our traditions, which I suppose differs a little bit from the vast majority.  I think we have a nice balance though.   We have fun with… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

There was no schooling on our agenda today – just delivering our May Day Baskets, and the kids could not have been more excited!  But, first, I had to have some of my own fun, taking just a few more photos, as detailed memories.