Matt, while out to sea, finally read a book we’ve had on the shelf for years that we’ve always meant to read. It’s called Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature. I have to say that I still haven’t…
The neighborhood gang gathered to walk a few blocks over to the Mayport Fall Festival one Saturday recently. There was food, face painting, games, bounce houses, pumpkins and other fun treats. My favorite part was enjoying it with…
I realized I haven’t adequately captured what has been a big part of our lives for the past couple of months, so I snapped a few pics at soccer. It’s been a learning experience for us all in…
Our whole gang of cul-de-sac neighbors joined together for the Halloween tradition this year. We walked for hours in the neighborhoods here on base, and I realized this Mayport Navy community is actually quite small– through living on…
We’ve been to this tree many times, and have sort of claimed it as our own family tree. Because we love it so, the kids don’t complain on the walk there, and so we walk in fun and…
Until yesterday, we’ve been having 85 degree days here, mixed with some days of rain (which, with humidity, sure doesn’t feel any cooler). I walked on the beach on one of these warm days and found lots of…
We went on a wet, post-thunderstorm woods walk one afternoon, trying to get some “fall” feeling in our bones. The weather only just now cooled off a bit, so we can finally truly enjoy the outdoors and sunshine…
I remembered one thing we have been doing quite a bit of lately: enjoying the company of new friends. We were lucky to meet some families in our neighborhood, both of which are Navy families and both homeschool…
I finally looked through my iPhone photos from the summer, and here is a little collage of some of our goings-on over the past few months. Bluegrass concert, pool, beach, fishing, Addie (the pooch), neighborhood kid fun, amazing…
Although these are just a few pics I snapped in the park one evening, we’ve been going to soccer practice twice a week for a couple of weeks now. Both kids are playing soccer for the first time…
