Outside season is here, complete with trips to parks and beach, hula hooping, football and frisbee throwing, s’mores, grilling, herb gathering, dandelion cookies, and sunsets. We are SO looking forward to life as it continues to brighten and…
I have here to share one of my periodic random iPhone collections. I hardly ever pull out the phone to take photos, and when I do they linger for long periods in the depths of the phone, waiting to…
:: kids who READ (!!!!) :: new friends and neighbors for kids and mom :: sweet kids at home… and sweet kids out, too, often without photos taken unfortunately. They have started gymnastics now, which is awesome and…
Just a few (yes, a few!) of my favorites from our trip to visit my family in California over the holidays. It was the first time we’d all been in the same place for a long time– much…
Matt has been on a gymnastic/martial arts kick lately… well, he wants to learn that stuff and wants our kids to learn it, too. So, as we research options for engaging our family in lessons of some sort, he’s…
Our life these days is one of the unexpected, at least in terms of weather. Unlike in Florida, where it was pretty much sunny unless it was rainy, in which case it would be sunny again soon, this…
As I looked back recently on my blog posts from several years ago, I realized I actually like my posts from before I was trying to be an awesome photographer better than the ones after. When I started learning about…
Our yard space is small, which makes me sad. But beyond the grass lies a world of field, flower, woods and berries that brings joy to my heart. The walk into the field gives us grassy goodness, fresh daisies for our…
Up mountains, over creeks, into lakes, and across meadows we hiked. Sub-alpine rocks, ridges, flowers, lakes and more greeted us along our path. Matt caught more fish in one trip than all fish combined in his life, Cedar and…
We went for a walk in the woods, which you know is one of our favorite things to do. It seems too long since we’ve dwelt here… maybe because of the cold that was winter here, or the…
