She turned 12. She had a sleepover, went to the movies, ate food she wanted, and enjoyed her cakes and presents. I’ve also included here photos of her venturing out for bits of time as the weather warmed:…
Matt and I caved. We finally gave in and bought the trampoline our kids have been wanting for years. Our friends came over to help us set it up, which saved us sooooo much time. And now, even…
“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/);…
I haven’t been taking many photos lately, but pictured above are a few of the fun things we’ve done this fall. It looks from these photos like the weather has been gorgeous and sunny, but in reality we’ve had mostly…
September brought a visit from Grandma Chris to take care of the kids while Jess went (all by herself!!) to be the weekend event photographer for a big Multiple Sclerosis Bike Ride on Whidbey Island, which was a big and new opportunity…