Kids running and playing on the beach until dark, glowsticks, hot dogs and s’mores, fire, ocean, connection, warm ocean breeze, beautiful light, family. This is definitely a recipe for a satisfying evening. Hoping for many more like this…
Cedar turned five this weekend. Five. Sheesh, my boy is growing up. We threw a party for him (his first birthday party ever) with a group of friends from our homeschool group. Lots of kids came– all different…
Matt’s been home with us for a week now and we’ve all been so thankful and happy to be together. It’s funny how much the simple things, like a family meal, a bedtime ritual, a snuggle on the…
I realized, while we were visiting my friend in her home in the woods of Asheville, North Carolina, a lot of things about myself. It was quite a life-changing visit, actually. I remembered a lot of things I…
These photos portray much of what the kids and I have been doing with our days lately: making lots of new friends and developing relationships with the people we know, going outside (parks, pools, beach, or woods), enjoying…
The weather has warmed here in Jacksonville. I’m not sure it ever gets as warm in Montana as it has in this area, and it’s only the very start of spring (mid-March at the time of these photos).…
One of the things I know about myself is that I LOVE watching my children head outside for adventuring, especially if the adventuring can happen in the woods. I long for a day when our backyard (these photos…
French press coffee, hot chocolate, “liquid truffle” (imagine a small cup filled with warm, thick, melted, rich chocolate– um, wow), and a good friend at a lovely little shop in Asheville. It was really just right. And to…
