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2009: July to December
The end of the year, the decade. I hope you all have had some time for reflection...it feels good.Here's a bit of the rest of 2009.JulyWe visited Cannon Beach for the first time.Our neighborhood is full of wild sweet peas in the summer. This was tak...
2009 in pictures January - June
Inspired by Shari, I've taken a look through my archives to reflect on the past year via images; an incredibly fun and positive experience.JanuaryThis was taken on the last day of January. We ate dinner outside (quickly and bundled up) to take in eve...
at home
This week between holidays with the boys happily occupied with new Legos, books, kittens and the like and full-up with love from having had the undivided attention of both parents for the past week is one to look forward to; a week of relative rest a...
fun in the mountains
We're playing hard and loving the time together...and almost beside ourselves with excitement for Christmas. Hope you're having a lovely Wednesday!...
moving into winter
We're heading out on a ski trip and will return home just in time for Christmas. I think I'll sign off here for the week, though I'll likely share a photo or two.Wishing you and yours the most blessed and merry of days!...
celebrating
We had what was probably our best Thanksgiving ever; the day was relaxed from start to finish. I made what I pretty much always make, and I think all that practice is starting to pay off. A brined turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy (made by my mother in ...
this man
Today is Alexi's birthday. I'm so thankful to call this kind, dedicated, capable, smart, adventurous, fun, loving man my husband. Thank you for making the time to be an amazing father and husband Alexi...you're a keeper. Wishing you a year that brin...
at this point in November
One thing I love about colder weather is soup. My favorite is french onion soup, or gratin lyonnais if you're at a french restaurant.Have you seen the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles? Hilarious. I just added it to our Netflix queue to watch a...
visitors
We're enjoying a visit from some of the boys' Grandparents. Their school is having a Grandparents and Special Friends Day today, so they came for that and will stay through Thanksgiving. Abbott made them brownies all by himself after school (aside ...
the perfect social activity
Our weekend included bowling and more bowling. At a school sponsored Parents Night Out Saturday and at a birthday party yesterday, pictured above. I think it is perhaps the perfect social activity.Thank you for your amazing response to the calendar! ...
thinking ahead to the holidays
I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Yesterday the boys played in our neighborhood World Cup (really), so now we're down to one sport (hockey), and very happy about that.I've noticed quite a few recent visitors to this blog from search terms related...
November
Feels like the weekend just flew by. Trick or treating included great conversations with neighbors, and lots of counting and sorting of the loot afterward (and, unfortunately, general disinterest in selling it to us as I'd hoped). The neighbor's gin...
letters from a father to his sons
We had a blissfully slow start to our morning, as the boys don't have school today. We were surprised to find these letters greeting us at the breakfast table.I hope you've enjoyed this week of breakfast.Happy Friday!...
in transition
The first week of school went splendidly; Saturday morning Abbott was disappointed to hear he had to wait two whole days to go back. Cal in his quiet way is very excited about his school experience and has repeatedly requested that I ask him questio...
multitasking
So we're home. We're catching up on tending the garden, unpacking, shaking the sand out of everything, and enjoying these last lazy days before school starts; lovely and poignant. It's been a perfect summer, I'd say. Enjoy your holiday weekend fri...
sweet news
Yesterday the boys and I met up with a friend who lives in our old neighborhood (we moved a year and a half ago). I was surprised and saddened a bit to see that neither of them remembered the park where we spent hundreds of hours, or the coffee shop...
sound
Yesterday it was hot here. Really, really hot. We found a bit of relief at the International Fountain. This particular fountain has a water 'show' at intervals that includes a 'cannon' of water shooting up, making a very loud noise. We haven't be...
happy, happy
Last night we celebrated the birthdays of two very special boys; brothers, best friends, both born in August. We had a strawberry ice cream cake; Cal's favorite color is pink. Always has been, always will be I'm sure and who could argue with that? ...
saturday
Yesterday we went to the zoo in hopes of seeing the snow leopard cub makes its debut. Upon seeing the daunting line, we visited the face painting station instead.I spotted these sunflowers on the way back to our car - the tallest I've ever seen.And ...
at home
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. - Samuel Johnson...
on dahlias
The weekends Alexi is on call (not home), while relatively few in number, always seem so long. When I think back on how the weekend went, it was a perfectly good summer weekend. We biked, made jam, took walks, read books, watched a movie. Yet I'm ...
simple happy
We haven't left the neighborhood all week, and it has been heaven. There have been swim lessons and the final two baseball games of the summer, new books from the library. There has been work on the (birthday gift) Lego Star Wars Republic Gunship, ...
Hello, August!
So, August....hard to believe it's already here. We're back from Cannon Beach and had the most amazing time. My kids really know how to relax! We're basically unpacked, and the laundry is almost done; I can't bring myself to pour the sand out of m...
reason to love summer::1
Fishing at our local pier....
how it happens
So here I am at the Museum of Flight with the boys; a favorite destination of theirs. They love to soak it all in. In the evening I look through my photos, such as these, with Alexi, and tell him the day's stories. It's a great way to unwind and c...
Fort Ebey State Park
We camped over the weekend at Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island. This park has much to offer - hiking and biking trails, a long stretch of beach, a pond (that can be fished), big open grassy spaces (very windy; great for flying kites)... an ide...
joy
been camping
When we travel, just like at home, the activities of daily life, of parenting take up much of our time. Cleaning up from one meal just in time to begin another. Soothing after a fall. Making sure everyone gets to have a turn at whatever it may be. T...
collecting
Just after cleaning up from dinner, we head out on our evening walk. By the time we get home, the boys have collected an array of treasures. They then sort and organize them, in all their randomly colored beauty. And so a summer day ends....
my new obsession
Almost every night this past week, we've walked the mile or so to our neighborhood ice cream parlor for dessert. (All that walking takes care of the calories, right?) The sweet peas we see en route are staggeringly beautiful right now.Have a wonder...
