Six!

Laine is six! We celebrated her birthday with our standard morning decorations. We arrived home from Yellowstone the night before,…

June Twenty Seventeen

Researching moving to Canada, I found this page with information on different topics, including bringing a family: “Moreover, children born in…

May ended in Republic, Washington. Where the hell is Republic? Exactly what I wondered when we decided to take the kiddos…

Republic, Washington. Not a place I ever envisioned us vacationing. It’s a tiny town in the middle of nowhere (literally,…

Camp Orkila, 2017. The annual tradition where Brian takes the kiddos to Camp Orkila on Orcas Island over Mother’s Day…

September 12, 2017. Not only our fifteenth wedding anniversary, also the day our new bedspread will ship. It’s backordered. I waited too long…

December was my last monthly update. I’ve been so busy focusing on the kiddos, savoring every moment while they’re young,…

After taking weekly indoor skiing lessons last summer, Brian signed Blaise and Laine up for skiing lessons on the snow. Every…

Man, 2016 came and went. December is the month I look forward to all year. I love the holidays and…

Five months into homeschooling and I think I finally have it figured out for now (until I don’t and change…