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…

It was cold, snowy and icy, we only had a little bit of light before dark, and we lost the other group we went with.  It cost $5, about 2 hours, some gas and some…

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…

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…

Our family has been a state of crisis for the past several weeks, as Matt’s sister’s 6 week old baby has been at a children’s hospital in Seattle with a rare heart condition.  Baby Kimble…

Occasionally, very occasionally (like maybe once a week, sometimes not that often), we get some sunshine these days here in Kalispell.  On this lovely sunny morning (or perhaps it was just a sunny moment), I went…

I know this is quite a random assortment of photos, but the photos tell the story of the kind of experience it is to be at the home of our good friends Alan and Sarah–…

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…

Thanks to the loving kindness, talent, and awesomeness of Matt’s photographer sister and brother-in-law Jeremy and Alicia Brown, we have some super cute kid photos now.  I love them and am so happy to have…

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…