The 10-Year-Old Trip: New York City!

Hitting double digits is a big deal. Or, at least it is in our house. In John Paul’s case, with seven ER visits under his belt, it’s nothing short of miraculous! I’ve mentioned this before, and I highlight it on my parties page, but when our children turn the big 1-0 we hop on a…

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Top Ten: Washington D.C.

[as written by Will Whitaker] Will’s 10 yr. old trip to D.C.  The Top 10 things I did in D.C. 1.  The White House2.  Lincoln Memorial3.  Arlington Cemetery4.  Jefferson Memorial5.  Air and Space and the U.S. History Smithsonians6.  National Building Museum7.  U.S. Capitol8.  Lugar, Cornyn and Hutchison’s offices9.  World War II, Vietnam Memorial and Washington…

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Top Ten: Happy 10th Birthday Will!

How did a decade of motherhood go by that quickly?  If only the line at HEB would move as swiftly. At exactly 4:56am ten years ago, Scott and I became parents for the first time.  That just doesn’t seem possible, you know, considering that we don’t look a day over 25. There are seriously so many…

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The 10-Year-Old Trip

Several years ago, we were inspired to take our children on a 10-year-old trip.  Two families, from completely different paths of life, do something similar.  They are families we greatly admire – they are Catholic, they are faithful and they are focused on raising children with integrity.  To the Aitchison and Thoman families, thank you…

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