Silver Valley Stories

Here is what it looks like out my front door this evening. But I don't care. Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Because I spent th...

Z2 performed in the Christmas Choir Concert at Kellogg High School tonight. It was a really fun evening of music. Director Joy Persoon alway...

This week Raymond Pert gave us this Sibling Assignment: Over the last month, I have been studying ancient and medieval Asian poetry with my ...

I love Santa Claus. To me he is real like a character in a great book that becomes real as you read the story. As I look back on my childhoo...

Caroling is a big part of our family Christmas tradition. Each year at Christmas, we find some way to go out and carol. While living in upto...

Does anyone tell the Christmas story better than this?

I've come down with Xmas---Xtreme Mellow Apathetic Syndrome. On a scale of 1 to 10, my motivation level is about a 2. I finally got the ...

Here is another Mary, mother of Jesus based song that just came out on Faith Hill's new Christmas Album titled "Joy to the World...

I'm sure when Charles Dickens novella "A Christmas Carol" was published in 1843, he had no way no comprehend the enormous po...

Our sibling assignments for the month are going to keep with the holiday theme. Here is the assignment IEG assigned us this week: " Whe...

Another trip over the hill today to Coeur d'Alene, for Kiki Aru's basketball game. Also took Z2 so she and The Princess could go wat...

I had a meeting in Coeur d'Alene that was job related this morning, then I went and a little Christmas shopping. Then I picked up The Pr...

I have always been intrigued by Mary, and what she was going through before she gave birth to Jesus. I think I really started thinking about...

Okay, I couldn't resist. For all I know, this commercial could have been playing on the television as Raymond Pert, Inland Empire Girl,...

I was born in 1963. Rudolph aired for the first time on December 4, 1964. We grew up together. I can't even count the times I have watch...

I was probably about 8 or 9 years old when A Partridge Family Christmas Card became a part of the family Christmas album collection. I was ...

One of my most favorite things about the Christmas season is the music. I love the traditional Christmas carols and the more modern holiday ...

I did it. I posted 30 posts in 30 days, and there was only a couple days I wondered what I was going to post...but it all worked out. It w...

I have been blessed with such a wonderful family. Some of this family gathered together for the last few days for Thanksgiving, and we have...