We are off to the mountains for an awesome 5 days of camping! We are so excited for this adventure. We haven’t been camping since the summer of 2014 and cannot wait. We are all loaded up and have hit the road with the camper on the hitch of our 4Runner, the kids and dogs…
We had such a lovely weekend. Ryan was at a meeting most of last week but he came home early Friday which was such a nice surprise! The weather was lovely and we spent it outside playing and flying the kite. Saturday we went out to lunch at a great little pizza place called PizzaRev. They…
Changing the calendar to July felt like a giant exhale. You know the one that just give you such a sense of accomplishment and relief? That kind. I was looking forward to July coming before June even started and it’s finally here and Friday night late Ryan came home from our month long travel stint…
If surprises were a love language they would be hers. It doesn’t matter if it’s things or experiences, when you surprise A her face lights up like it’s Christmas morning. “A surprise for me? I’m just so excited!” Sometimes that means pulling an old afghan to have a surprise picnic in the yard while her…
Phew. Last week was a whirlwind filled with days that all blurred together. By Tuesday it felt like Monday and by Wednesday day end it felt like Friday. We were so lucky to have that three day weekend and then on Wednesday night Ryan surprised us letting us know he was off Thursday and Friday…
We spent Sunday hiking in Boulder, CO and we loved it. We hit a little trail called Bald Mountain Scenic Trail and we had a great time! A started asking for a hike on Saturday but we got a late start so we did our busy work that day and spent the day on Sunday…
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May was filled with enjoying nice weather outside, celebrating A’s half birthday for the first year, checking out the Fire Expo, welcomed Sophie the fish and Mother’s Day. Oh and the TOMS sale with my mom and sister which was quite an ordeal…lots of lines…lots of waiting…lots of shoes but we survived and we have…
Saturday morning we went to Petsmart because they were going a fun ‘Finding Dory’ event that I found out about via their email. Fishbowl decorating, coloring pages and fish feeding were all the fun activities listed in the email so we decided we would go. Saturday morning arrived and we headed over to the event…
I’m currently walking a line of abundant gratitude for so many things and a undesirable drab mentality. If you know me well you know that I walk a line of optimism and gratitude far more than anything else, or at least that something I tell myself regularly to keep focused on the good stuff rather…