Apr 28, 2026

Little Miracles - Day 3

Bossy said it looked like I was missing a day of Little Miracles, but if you are a follower, you know that I simply tacked it on to my last day in Reno.

And I know how interested you are in seeing the final results, but I am going to drag this out just a little bit longer...

We checked out of the AirB&B on Saturday morning and we all drove our separate cars to the Lake Break Restaurant in Daybreak. One of the ladies on the Little Miracles board owns this fun and delicious eatery. They let us invite other family members, so we had Sport, Bossy and Gamer and their 5 boys as well as our cute little Bright Eyes (yeah, she ate, just like everybody else...). Curly had his cute girl with us as well. It was quite a crew!

Little Miracles made a video and they also took lots of pics. We were just given access to some of them, but these are mostly the ones Tiani from Little Miracles took, not the photographer. 





Then they sent a car for us...


This is only the beginning of what awaited us when we finally got home.




Apr 25, 2026

Little Miracles - Day Two

It has been really difficult to stay off our street while some amazing people create a "Little Miracle" at our house.

We have had some fun here. We played games and did dinner at the firepit.







Apr 24, 2026

Traveling as Two - Home at Last

Things went pretty smoothly. We checked out of our hotel and took an Uber to the airport. 


Unfortunately, we weren't sitting by each other, but the flight was fine until we were circling Salt Lake. My stomach was not happy. That is the worst I have felt on an airplane in a very long time.

But back to my real life. I don't think I told you about Little Miracles. They are an amazing service group that works really hard to help people who have lost a spouse. When they first approached me, they made it sound like some weeding and a bit of cleaning. Somewhere along the line. It became SO much more!!

They are doing a mini-flip of my house. Seriously, we are at an AirB&B while they have full run of my house until Saturday afternoon. Then I will share lots of amazing pics, but for now, you get to see where we are staying.

We really enjoyed the hot tub.


This is the bed Scout and I are sharing.


All the other kids are staying in the loft. 


The room is only about 4 1/2 feet high, so that is a little rough for my tall guys. They offered to find us a different place, but we are enjoying the adventure. This is how they get up to their room.


But this light is really cool.


And this is the most amazing bathroom I have ever used.


So much excitement!





Apr 22, 2026

Traveling as Two - More Reno

The main part of the tournament was rough for our girls. They had a bye going into the final games which meant they really only got one match. After they lost, the tournament was over.

Unfortunately, we still had a few challenges to overcome. The worst was first...

I accidentally booked Baby Doll to fly home on Sunday and I was booked for Monday. Same time. Same flight. I discovered the problem when I got notifications that it was time for her to board. Freaking out, of course, I tried to get hold of Delta, but with over a thousand people on their phones in the Convention Center, I couldn't get through. The flight was set to leave in 25 minutes!

I was at a loss. I didn't know what to do. So I said a little prayer. Then my phone rang from an unknown number.

It was Delta!!

She assured me everything would be ok and she urged me to call a certain number. They helped me change the flight without a surcharge. It was amazing.

2nd big problem - the first night we were there, Baby Doll realized she forgot to pack silverware, and we ate our Cup-a-Noodles with our fingers. So after Baby Doll ate all of her Lay's Stacks, I made a spoon for her.

I might have meant it as a joke, but she actually used it to eat her applesauce.

Even though we lost, it was still a good day.