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beautiful fall

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Oct 28, 2017

We took our annual Fall walk along the Dosewallips River in the Olympic National Forest. We go back every year because, well, it’s just so darn gorgeous– as you can see by the first set of photos. The…

pacific beach

beautiful things , family , others , outdoor adventures , touristing • Oct 27, 2017

Thanks to the brilliant idea of our friend Jessica, we finally made it to Pacific Beach (an ocean “resort” for military members). I’ve been meaning to go for years, but I guess I needed a kick in the…

california time

beautiful things , family , touristing • Oct 27, 2017

The kids and I took a quick trip to California at the end of September. We celebrated Kevin’s life, reunited with my half-siblings, and enjoyed a few days with grandparents. Grandpa had the kids jumping with him into…

comings and goings

family , kid projects , mama's projects , papa • Oct 26, 2017

The beginning of fall brought homeschool learning, including art projects, tie-dying, independent learning with presentations, a new daily schedule, and more. We enjoyed the last of the warm days with hiking, woods time, a trip with friends to…

montana adventuring

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Sep 16, 2017

What a trip! The kids and I journeyed to Montana… and found Kalispell (and all of Washington, Idaho and western Montana) full of thick smoke. We enjoyed our family anyway with swimming, fishing, hiking, mud, playing games, helping…

summer fun!

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Sep 16, 2017

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montana vacation, part two: camping

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures , papa , pooch , touristing • Jul 29, 2017

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…

montana vacation, part one: jones time!

family , outdoor adventures , touristing • Jul 29, 2017

Our annual Montana vacation started with a weekend with the Joneses extended crew. Jean found us a sweet spot to “camp” with teepees, a grill, electric coffee, and all the amenities we could ask for. The days were…

war!

family , kid projects • Jun 28, 2017

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spring

beautiful things , family , outdoor adventures • Jun 28, 2017

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…

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