• The South of France!

    The South of France!

    We decided to take a quick vacation last week since: 1. we had previously promised the kids a 3 month holiday which disappeared 2. they started school on Thursday 3.if we didn’t leave the Simoni house, it’s possible one of our kids or their stuff would end up in a 40ft sea container bound for the…

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     « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part II)  Susan baked a cake, Mary-Ellen cut it into shape, and Matea and I decorated it – and between the 4 of us it almost looked like what it was supposed to look like. We had a great supper out on the patio – and of course – we had to do…

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     « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part I) Our original plan for this summer had us spending a 4th birthday in Reykjavik, but very little this summer has followed our original plan.  We decided to bookmark his birthday doing what he really likes the best…trains. Luckily Grenoble has trams as the backbone of the public transit system.  They go all…

  • « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part II)

     Susan baked a cake, Mary-Ellen cut it into shape, and Matea and I decorated it – and between the 4 of us it almost looked like what it was supposed to look like. We had a great supper out on the patio – and of course – we had to do what we always do…

  • « Joyeux anniversaire…a Micah » (part I)

    Our original plan for this summer had us spending a 4th birthday in Reykjavik, but very little this summer has followed our original plan.  We decided to bookmark his birthday doing what he really likes the best…trains. Luckily Grenoble has trams as the backbone of the public transit system.  They go all over, they are many,…