Sunshine, parks, and birds pretty much sums up a large part of our life here in Florida. It’s a lovely place to be in winter. Ashton had a hankering to chase those birds and catch them on camera,…
Ashton turns eight today and, oh my, she is so excited about her birthday. Mostly about the party (I am discovering that birthday parties are very important to my children). We’re having the neighbors over for a simple…
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,…
I am pretty sure I must be crazy. Nuts. Why in the world would I go ahead and get a puppy when Matt is away on deployment? When it’s just the kids and me and I’m pretty much…
The first week we were here they bickered and I yelled, but we were moving in, doing errands, being stressed out. Now that we are settled into our home, they play. Together. Ashton loves being home (she calls…
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…
These photos are some I took during our visit to Tucson last month, where we spent a relaxing week with my Auntie T and Uncle Tim. Oh, the weather was mostly glorious and sunny, we got to go…
With baby Kimble’s surgery a success, the cousins have gone to spend the holidays in Seattle with their parents, leaving the rest of us without our sweet buddies for Christmas. So we had a pre-Christmas party before they…