Life with a new family dog has been pretty absorbing lately. It's been fun and rewarding and has added a new cog to figure out in our family's schedule. Winnie continues to be full of energy and we are working on basic puppy skills like not barking at birds and not nipping at the children… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Beginning of Springtime!
We’ve had both some wonderful spring weather and some heavy rain and cold. I haven’t had much time to spend in the garden yet but the girls have been playing in our yard a little more now. We celebrated Easter (and my dad’s birthday) with my extended family and had a lovely weekend together. And… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: April
I do not want ever to be indifferent to the joys and beauties of this life. For through these, as through pain, we are enabled to see purpose in randomness, pattern in chaos. We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love. - Madeleine… Continue reading “Always, everywhere, in the deepest depths…the highest heights”
Back in 2017, our family took a Spring Break road trip down to the Oregon Coast. (You can read about it here.) The trip was a blast and we talk about it quite a bit. The only problem was that, at the time, Pearl had just turned two and Rose was about the size of… Continue reading Spring Break 2023: Oregon Coast
The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, the days are getting longer. Spring is officially here and we’re on spring break! It’s still March so we definitely have some cold, rainy days ahead of us but it’s lovely to see the light after 5pm. As I said, it’s spring break around here but before I… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Farewell Winter
Our girl is 8! Hard to believe we've been parents for 8 whole years. Last week we celebrated Pearl and the amazing kid she is. Pearl is funny and quirky, she is sweet and sensitive and often very thoughtful towards others. She loves animals and wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. Her… Continue reading Pearl is 8!
Girls started their swim lessons again, which is always fun. This time they are both on Saturday…but 2 hours apart. Which is not ideal for having family swim time. So far, we are taking a Divide and Conquer approach and hope to use it as an opportunity to spend some one-on-one time with them. Manicures… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Weeks 3 & 4
This has been a beautifully normal week. No one has been (newly) sick. We were able to resume/continue our regularly scheduled activities. I feel like I'm doing decently well at spending my time the way I want to spend my time. Here are a few highlights: Pearl got to have a friend over to play… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Early January
This is already feeling like a long time ago but I hate to skip over our Winter holidays. We had a lovely 2 weeks off from school for the girls and Peter. Working retail as I do, the weeks leading up to Christmas are some of my busiest. Peter and the kids got out pretty… Continue reading Winter Break 2022
As predicted, December has been busy! No complaints here though - we have managed to stay pretty healthy (mostly) and had lots of fun things going on. We are now officially on winter break from school though my job continues to be extra busy. On my last highlights post, I had just celebrated my birthday.… Continue reading 2022 Highlights: December (pre-Christmas)
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