October is nearing an end. But I didn’t want the story of how we spent October 1st to get lost in the shuffle of our days. Our family has a five year running tradition of hiking to the top and spending the night at the LeConte Lodge. We go with family friends and it’s not […]
Double digit days of motherhood
October is for birthdays here. It’s a busy month of fun parties and me processing my girls getting another year older. Another year gone by, too fast, for them and for me. The leaves changing in October are a beautiful symbol of this life cycle as we straddle two birthdays in seven days. Two girls […]
Catching up and letting go
Part of me wants to play catch up here, filling in all the blanks of summer days ending and school beginning. Part of me says let it go. Which probably explains why I haven’t posted in SO long. Obviously, the beach is over and school is back. I DID get first day of school photos […]
On island time
The past three weeks I’ve been on island time. In a wonderful place where I can ride my bike to yoga, get a great cup on local coffee next door at one of my favorite places (where awesome thrift/artsy store meets quality food), then head straight over to the beach for a dip. Followed by […]
Fourth of July
Here’s a few pictures from our Fourth of July at the beach. It was filled with family, laughs, a big parade, an old school lemonade stand, dogs dressed in holiday wear, beads flying off floats, wave jumping and fireworks on the beach. We missed our old gang at home and our neighborhood traditions. But our […]
Road tripping
There comes a time in summer when you just have to hit the road – and travel. There is a part of me that can only go so long without traveling, playing the part of a wondering soul. Putting my toes in the sand and seeking out new things. With the girls getting older, we […]
Weekends and a few words on change
All the days come and go. It’s guaranteed to happen. Monday comes, it’s back to school and back to tackling things that need to be done. Because it’s a another day and that’s what we do. Thankfully we have spring to look forward too, and the time of the year when moms can just say, […]
Passing the time of no school days
There was a burst of warm weather here today and the girls made every point to spend time outside. It was as a good thing, because there was no school today and tomorrow is a teacher work day. Totaling the time spent having snow days and traveling and Presidents day, my kids will have had […]
Winter Adventures
It seems the snow just keeps coming here, and has been dictating our days for weeks. We like that – we really do! And that’s where I’ve been, playing in the snow with my family. And by that I mean skiing in Colorado with my brother, sister-in-law and niece. But before we left we had […]