For the first time ever, we spent a week away from our kids. Ash went to visit family in Kalispell, Cedar went to summer camp in Washington, and Matt and I stayed home without kiddos. I’ve got a…
Spring has brought us time working on the yard and house, time with friends, and time with our church community. The kids and I have been taking walks in the woods by our house many days of the…
These kids jump morning, afternoon and evening; when they ought to be in bed and when they’re supposed to be doing math and piano; always when friends come over, sometimes alone, preferably together, and definitely with Dad. On the trampoline…
She turned 12. She had a sleepover, went to the movies, ate food she wanted, and enjoyed her cakes and presents. I’ve also included here photos of her venturing out for bits of time as the weather warmed:…
Matt and I caved. We finally gave in and bought the trampoline our kids have been wanting for years. Our friends came over to help us set it up, which saved us sooooo much time. And now, even…
We hardly craft anymore, but we had our annual homeschool group Valentine’s Day party coming up, so we went on a crafting binge. They wanted to win prizes for their boxes in the box-decorating competition, and that was…
Winter was wet and cold this year (though the photos seem to show mostly the sunny days— this is only part of a mostly very gray, cloudy story), with many, many, MANY days at home. From the snaps…
I haven’t been taking many photos lately, but pictured above are a few of the fun things we’ve done this fall. It looks from these photos like the weather has been gorgeous and sunny, but in reality we’ve had mostly…
