Cedar joined a tee-ball team a couple months ago. He has a cute uniform, a glove, and even a pair of cleats to wear with his orange knee socks. He’s so cute. He has been excited about it,…
Sunshine, parks, and birds pretty much sums up a large part of our life here in Florida. It’s a lovely place to be in winter. Ashton had a hankering to chase those birds and catch them on camera,…
Ashton turns eight today and, oh my, she is so excited about her birthday. Mostly about the party (I am discovering that birthday parties are very important to my children). We’re having the neighbors over for a simple…
The first week we were here they bickered and I yelled, but we were moving in, doing errands, being stressed out. Now that we are settled into our home, they play. Together. Ashton loves being home (she calls…
With baby Kimble’s surgery a success, the cousins have gone to spend the holidays in Seattle with their parents, leaving the rest of us without our sweet buddies for Christmas. So we had a pre-Christmas party before they…
She’s growing up. She got her ears pierced; went for it even though she knew it would hurt. She now knows how to swim and how to read, she’s smart and kind and capable, she can hang with…
Because of that first swim lesson Cedar took this summer, these kids have been really excited about learning how to swim. Currently they have lessons three times a week, and it is amazing to watch how quickly they…
I’ve not considered myself a pet person for quite some time now, but, largely due to the fact that my kids love them so much, these pooches are growing on me. The dogs belong to my parents-in-law with…
It’s been such a blessing to have the opportunity to spend so much time with these creative, engaged, kind and fun children while we are home in Montana. I love having a niece and nephews (4 boys in…
Cedar calls his cousin Eli his “best cousin”, and I understand why. They were born just 5 months apart so, being at basically the same stage in life, they have a ton of fun together. They dress up,…