I’m a bit behind on my blog right now, so over the next week or so you will be getting an onslaught of new posts from the past couple of months. In these photos the kids and I…
We haven’t actually gotten out for woods walks much lately, due to all the things there are to do here to keep us occupied (and the often rainy winter days as well). With homeschooling, outings, errands and shopping,…
We’ve visited the sea several times over the week since we’ve been back in Jacksonville and, though the the water feels freezing to the mamas, the kids don’t seem to mind much. We went with a friend and…
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 can hang with…
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– eclectic, beautiful, interesting,…
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 my parents-in-law with…
Here are some random photos of the lovely sunrises and sunsets I’ve witnessed recently. Our neighbor has a donkey, named Clark, that blesses us with its loud, strange and wonderful voice every day and night… and we all…
I took the kids camping a few days ago, and we had a really nice, restorative time. The first night we ended up at a perfect campground deep in the woods next to a lovely little lake. The…
It was the kids’ first time visiting their Great Grandpa Marx, and my second time (first time was over 10 years ago). He’s about to turn 91 years old and we don’t know how many visits we may…