Oh, how we are enjoying our new kitchen! We are getting ready to go to First Friday Mass with our Homeschool Group this morning and we just finished baking a Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake to share after Mass. (I'll add the glaze after it cools and...
After our visit to Tumacácori Mission, we headed up the road to see another mission founded by Father Kino. This mission was founded in 1692. The construction of the current church began in 1783 and was completed in 1797. It is the oldest intact...
While we were visiting my inlaws, we took our children on a number of day trips, or should I say "field trips," to various places that Hubby remembers visiting as a child. Our first stop was the Tumacácori Mission, Arizona's first Spanish Mission.Mission...
Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, we give our children Gold Coins, Holy Cards, and a yearly "note from St. Nicholas" telling the children what they need to work on between now and Christmas. For the past few years I have wanted to order the beautiful St....
I have been given the opportunity to host another giveaway, in honor of the upcoming feast of St. Nicholas! This giveaway is for a beautiful hand painted St. Nicholas Doll from St. Luke's Brush! St. Nicholas is a 3.5 inch wooden peg doll hand painted with non-toxic...
Outside my window... it is so COLD!! Such a difference from the wonderfully warm weather we were just enjoying for the past two weeks in Arizona! I am freeezzzzinngggg!!!I am listening to... "Let it snow" from one of my favorite Christmas cd's!I am thinking......
Our little Rose has been walking for awhile, but she just recently decided that she now prefers walking over crawling and is getting around quite well. I still can't believe that she will be turning one in just a couple weeks...Apparently she prefers the basket...
Update: You can see close-up pictures of our tree and ornaments here. Back in 2007 I started printing coloring pages for each day of Advent to coordinate with our Jesse Tree. Since every year the number of days in Advent is different, it is necessary to...
The problem with giving our children new Christmas picture books on the feast of St. Nicholas each year (in addition to the other books we've purchased or have been given) is that, after 11 years of marriage and 6 children, we have a ridiculous number wonderful...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
