… she sewed me a quilt.…

Books and cookies, movies and hot chocolate (with peppermint schnapps of course), crafts and gifts: We’ve been hard at work Elving over here, and doing our best to hit all the traditions of the season.  There…

It snowed here, for what may be the only time this winter.  We shall see, I suppose.  The kids thought it was pretty darn cool (well, kind of: Ashton dreams of snow all winter but then…

We had a party this year for Thanksgiving, the first “real” party I think I’ve ever thrown.  Thirty people plus kids packed into our little space, if I remember correctly, including new friends, old Montana friends,…

When the weather doesn’t look like this, which it seems to the majority of the time (and it is growing on me in its quiet beauty), we can often be found galavanting across the trails…

We finally made it to the city!  The kids’ grandpa came to town and he got us out of our cozy woods and into a Seattle adventure!  We enjoyed the novelty of the ferry, toured the Space…

I see this random collection of photos and I wonder how they all fit together, as they sure don’t appear to tell a coherent story.  But they do go together: They tell the story of my…

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Did you know that Ashton has what we call a ‘fairy kiss’ on her ear?  See it there, that little point on the side?  Her cousin has one, and another cousin of Matt’s has one…

Just a few pictures to share here from our trip to the Bloedel Reserve a few weeks ago.  After we got there with an hour left before they closed, and after the rain stopped pouring,…