Santa 2009
Holden is definitely not introverted like his Dad.
Is Black Friday Still Relevant?
We’re all familiar with it’s history. Up before (and I mean way before) the butt crack of dawn to wait in line at one of the countless stores offering “doorbuster deals.” Throngs of people fighting and stampeding just to get one of a limited supply of popular, heavily discounted item. But is going to such …
Elliott’s Fourth Birthday
The King of All Media?
An HTPC Solution In our home, DVDs suffer the cruelest of fates. Some are left abandoned only to fend on their own without a case. Some are placed in an awkward, uncomfortable position in another movie’s case. Little Mermaid, meet Showgirls (just kidding, I don’t own that movie). And some are subjected to the primitive, …
We’ve Moved!
Well – sort of. Our new site, aspirasfamily.com, is up and running and we will be retiring this blog. No updates will be made going forward but it will remain for archival and backup purposes. aspirasfamily.com is currently a photoblog where you will periodically see pictures of our family life. Text entries will mostly be …
Our Children’s Celebrations
Wow! It was a full weekend with Holden’s Baptism on Saturday and Elliott’s 2nd Birthday party on Sunday. Good thing we had Monday to recover! 😉 We were fortunate to have the whole Anspach/Aspiras family in town for the festivities along with several other family and friends. Holden was baptized by Father Arthur Yabes at …
Elliott and Daddy Enjoying Elmo Makes Music
More to come. It was a pretty busy weekend for the family with the Elmo show, dinner with friends, Izzy Enerio’s baptism, and, unfortunately, work. Stay tuned.
Holden on Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend
Here’s to all Mothers out there, whether they’re new, experienced, or expectant, Happy Mother’s Day! If ever one needs a shining example of a Mother’s love, see the below link to a Pulitzer prize winning pictorial by Renee C. Byer of the Sacramento Bee. I won’t spoil it by describing it to you. You’ll just …
Tiny Dancer
This weekend started out with Elle and her two buddies Charlotte and Logan going to lunch at Happy Dog Pizza with the Mommies and Baby Holden, of course. Believe it or not, despite having three toddlers and an infant, we had a nice, leisurely lunch. We then hit Home Goods and survived that, too! Saturday …
It’s all worth it…
Once in awhile I wonder where my career would be if I weren’t a stay-at-home Mom, but after I see pictures like these, I immediately realize that nothing else matters to me right now.