I remembered, when the kids and I took advantage of a recent totally amazing day by going to a local beach (Point no Point, at the top of the Kitsap Peninsula), that Florida turned me into a beach person.…
I have here to share one of my periodic random iPhone collections. I hardly ever pull out the phone to take photos, and when I do they linger for long periods in the depths of the phone, waiting to…
At home and in Montana, Ashton’s 10th birthday was a magical celebration. She planned long and well for it, enjoyed all the showering of love and attention she received from family and friends… and suddenly turned into a…
:: kids who READ (!!!!) :: new friends and neighbors for kids and mom :: sweet kids at home… and sweet kids out, too, often without photos taken unfortunately. They have started gymnastics now, which is awesome and…
In other crafting news, the kids were all in a flurry one day to sew up some dolls. Cedar, not surprisingly, wanted to make a zombie doll, while Ashton opted for a sweet cloth girl. We had fun,…
Valentine’s Day card making is such a fun ritual around here for Ashton and me that I just needed to post pictures of it. We had fun, she and I, allowing ourselves into that lovely timeless world of…
:: We spent days inside, with dog going insane. :: We hiked up a mountain, and summited to a foggy, invisible panoramic mountain/city/sea view. Sheesh. But, then again, we hiked up a mountain in the middle of January, which is a…