Archive for May, 2016

finishing may

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

Our May has been a beauty and a beast. The weather has gone from snow to practically summer (70 degrees for a couple of days!) and back to snow, sleet, and rain. And cold–brrr. Today we have a fire in the stove to offset the lovely white flakes that came floating down this morning. I […]



grandpa’s funeral

Posted on May 16th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Wednesday I flew solo to New York state to be with my family and attend my grandpa’s funeral. I have never left Cash (or  Zia!) overnight, so it was kind of a big deal for all of us. David took off work to spend time with the kids and take them out to do fun […]



sweet sixteen

Posted on May 10th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

He’ll hate me for that title, I know–but happy sixteenth birthday to our Caleb today! He’s a music fan (obviously), and for his birthday he picked out a new guitar case to fly with him to Germany this summer. It’s still on the way, but we celebrated his birthday with root beer floats after dinner. […]



a tribute to my grandpa

Posted on May 6th, 2016 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

My grandfather, Fred DelConte, was born September 28, 1924. He was a farmer and a business entrepreneur, and he built his own house. He was also a brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Grandpa was Italian, and his parents were immigrants from the province of Foggia in the Southeast of Italy. Here is a […]