Happy 4th!

Happy 4th!

Just a quick post to say Happy 4th. Have a great holiday weekend. We’ll be celebrating over here with sparklers, gratitude for our county, and a grill out with our family! Here’s a sweet video of True singing This Land Is Your Land (one of my fave songs,...
Christmas Decor!

Christmas Decor!

John is a big believer in getting out all of the Christmas decor the day after Thanksgiving. I think it’s sweet that he wants the Christmas season to last as long as possible. But this year, our fantasies of all of us decorating together just didn’t seem...
scenes from sunshine

scenes from sunshine

We set records around here for rainfall, low temps, and snowfall in March. This all means just about no sunshine unless you count the occasional “sun breaks” as they call them here in the NW. I’ve lived in the NW many many many years but I still get...
scenes from around here, holiday time.

scenes from around here, holiday time.

 It was truly a wonderful Christmas season – the first one since my parents moved here from Florida. We decorated. We ate. We played hilarious games over wine. We watched movies. We sat around. We got out and about. We took videos of True.Here’s a...
happy holidays

happy holidays

Hi friends, Just wanted to say that I’m taking a bit of a holiday break to spend some downtime with my family. I’ll be back in the next week or so with stories, pictures, and a revamp of this space, and some questions for you (I need your advice). In the...
holiday + home = cozy

holiday + home = cozy

Last year was truly the first time I had ever really decorated for Christmas. And I’m still getting my holiday decor groove, for sure, but having baby True makes this season feel magical in ways it hasn’t for a long time. And that makes me want to...