After our teepee adventure with the Joneses, we headed up into the mountains for our fourth annual camping trip at Ten Lakes Basin. The weather was gorgeous, the lakes were cold, the fishing was good, the guitar was…
I’m thankful for photos, because I’ve been thinking we haven’t been doing much due to all the frantic work on the house Matt and I have been doing as we attempt to finish it all up. But, it…
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…
The kids and I headed to Montana recently for some much-needed cousin playtime and to give Matt a week of space all to himself (and by that I mean, a week to work on our house uninterrupted by the myriad needs of…
“It won’t be long before we’ll all be there with SNOW!” Do you recognize that song? We did watch several old musicals this winter while we snuggled up during snowy weather. More snow, and cold temps, happened here…
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…
December has brought us cold, rain, and several days of snow; woods walks; time with friends; an epic kitchen project; legos and stop-motion and movie making by Ashton (if you want to see her work, her blog is http://themockturtlesworkshop.blogspot.com/);…