Nothing like some good ‘ol competition… We celebrated the first day of spring by spending most of it outdoors! Rain over the weekend loosened up our rock-like dirt and provided an opportunity to tackle the forest of weeds in the backyard. Armed with rulers, eager hands went a-plucking in search of the longest roots! Along […]
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anticipating adventures…
Adventure is here. My baby sister is just weeks away from meeting her first baby face-to-face. And so we celebrate. We celebrate this new little life. We celebrate the beginning of motherhood. We celebrate the growing of a family. Our nursery theme when we were babies centered around Winnie the Pooh. My sister and her […]
Nailing 95 Thesis…
Learning along-side my children is so much fun. I love that in addition to the basic skills they need to aqcuire (learning how to read, write and arithmetic), everything else is so varied. Every day is a new adventure as we learn more about the world around us. This study of courage has taken us down […]
It’s the Wild West!
We live in the wild west, so we decided to embrace it this weekend! My parents surprised our little birthday man with a trip to Goldfield Ghost Town. We took friends there back in November and the boys were disappointed that their was no ‘gun fight’ that day. They are disappointed no more. Our ears […]
Party On…
Proof that my kids do indeed eat sugar! It definitely brings out the sillies. Time spent around the dinner table, laughing, making silly faces – trying to outdo one another. These are the memories that stick with us, don’t they? For Treyton’s birthday, I found a dairy-free chocolate ganache recipe for the frosting. I forgot to buy powdered […]
He’s Still Three Party!
Am I the only one out there who teases my kids about staying little?!?!?!? I kid them all the time about ‘staying three {or five, or seven} forever’… Birthdays are a constant reminder to cherish the beauty of each and every age. It also reminds me that the struggles during that given age are fleeting as […]