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PhotoTalk: Grin and Bear it.

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Elsie’s pig husband handed her the camera and said "do you think you could get one decent picture of me- or are you too stupid for that too?" Suddenly Elsie had a lot on her mind. Take the photo or warn her husband? Decisions. Decisions. {click} In the end she was happy she had a [...]

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PhotoTalk: Beat the devil at his own game

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"When Father O’Riley asked Margaret Ann to take over the new Sunday School class he probably should have asked what she had planned."

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PhotoTalk: How to be special

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Bobby over heard his parents say his favorite cousin Michael had to wear a helmet all the time now because of a ‘condition’ and something about how ‘special’ he was. Bobby knew exactly what he would do at the next family get together. He wore a helmet too. That made them both special.

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PhotoTalk: The friendship that ended over Jello.

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Erma knew that Minnie was bringing a Jello mold to the pot luck, but she brought one too. And her’s had fruit floating in it. Who could compete with floating fruit? When Minnie asked Erma why she brought the same dish to the party she just smiled and said "Oh honey, they aren’t the same! [...]

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PhotoTalk: She only had one chore

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Mary was always mixing up her brother’s stroller for the lawn mower. Mary was special.

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PhotoTalk: Rosalynn makes it perfectly clear.

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Rosalynn never intended to marry Paul. And she knew along that he intended to marry her. But Rosalynn was actually fond of Paul’s older brother Tony, who had plans of being a photographer. So when Tony turned around from the front and said said "let me get a photo of the happy couple!", Rosalynn decided [...]

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Family Field Trip: Angelo and Vinci’s

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There is a restaurant in Downtown Fullerton (Sorry out-of-CA readers,more OC talk) called Angelo’s and Vinci’s. I have been coming to this place since I was a kid, and I still adore it. It is a feast for the eyes. The entire interior is a cornucopia (and I rarely don’t use that word often) of [...]

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But their tails look so cute sticking out of their tiny plaid pants

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The school were my son’s baseball team practices  has lots of signs telling people what not to do. This one is my favorite. Dude, this guy is gonna be so bummed.

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Family Field Trip: back to Temecula…cuz its that fun.

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  When the boys saw the checkers table in the gelato shop Jack yelled ‘Look mom we will be like old Italian Men!". And they were, eating their sweet treat while playing a good game of checkers. Later Tucker found a record store and had a great time looking thru the bins while Dean Martin [...]

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Family Field Trip: Mission San Juan Capistrano

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Only 31 miles from my home is one of the oldest buildings in California. This mission was founded in 1776 by Father Junipero Serra. Father Serra is well know figure in early Californian history. Every 4th grader learns all about Father Serra and the history and purpose of his California Missions up and down our [...]

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Family Field Trip: Temecula, Calif.

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What? She took her kids on another ‘field trip’? Yup. I like to get the most out of the winter break…so I try to do one thing a day with the kids. And today we drove about 50 miles to the town of Temecula. It is an old cowboy town. And thanks to the surge [...]

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