For the first time in years, we didn’t make a summer bucket list. Our move completely took over our summer and we were lucky to squeeze in a few fun things amidst all the house hunting, packing, moving and unpacking. I took some quick snapshots from my phone, so here…
At the end of July, we moved a whole whopping half of a mile Nothing about our move was easy, starting with the house hunting process. We had a limited time frame to end the lease on our rental home and the housing market was on fire. We made offers…
One of the adventures we were most excited about in Krabi was going on the Emperor Swing. We discovered the highly recommended experience on Trip Advisor. It included a jungle trail hike, a zipline and ultimately the Emperor Swing. This is how the Emperor Swing was described: For most people who…
I love that phones are accessible and are able to catch the moments where I don’t have my big camera in tow. Spring according to my phone looked like this: Crew finally overcame his fear of water thanks to his amazing swim teacher. We saw her twice a week all…
The camera in my back pocket captured some winter happenings I don’t want to forget. Let’s just pretend the quality of the photos is better. Even though it’s nice out all year round, the temperatures drop enough in January that if we look really hard, we can find signs of…
For years, I have written snapshots of the routines, habits, milestones and quirks that make up our current moment in time. I document events with way too many photos regularly, but the purpose of these written snapshots is to remind us in the future what life was like “way back…
The day after Christmas, we bundled up and headed to the mountains. Troy’s parents live on the backside of the mountain at Deer Valley Resort. We can see one of the ski lifts from their cabin and I’m not sure why we didn’t take advantage of being so close to…
December was a whirlwind like always. And since the flurry of activity isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, I have made it a point to try to notice the little moments of joy amidst the chaos. Somewhere in between the nonstop chaos of December and everyday life with four little boys,…
As if I didn’t already sufficiently cover our fall happenings, here are the remaining undocumented memories captured from my phone. I’ll start by going all the way back to Labor Day weekend. After Troy’s epic surprises on the Saturday of my birthday, we took it easy for the rest of…
We’ve had a steady stream of out-of-state visitors in the last two months. We sometimes had a few days in between our five rounds of company, but more often they were back to back. One family would leave and I’d have just enough time to wash the sheets before the…
