In August, we packed up and headed to the mountains for a week to spend time with family, exploring and boating. I always say that I prefer the ocean over the mountains, but there is something special about the mountains in the summer. We spent our first night in Park…
We kicked off July by getting serious about swim lessons. I enrolled all the boys in lessons at the same time, but since Blake was already practicing with the swim team and didn’t need lessons, he took a diving course so he would have something to do too. He absolutely…
The phone camera was a great invention. Sure, the pictures aren’t always top notch, but that handy device in my back pocket happens to be there to grab more often than my real camera. It captures so many little things that I want to remember. June started out with a…
Outdoor concerts are always on our summer bucket list and we were lucky enough to attend two big concerts this year. First was a Pentatonix concert. Troy and I have been following them since before they were famous and we’ve wanted to see them live for years. When we found…
The 4th of July is always one of my favorite days of the year. The first few years we lived California, we included the beach in our celebrations. The last couple of years, however, we’ve dodged the beach crowds and stuck close to home. All of our small town celebrations…
Recipe for a Southern California Day: Step 1: Climb a tree at Salt Creek Beach while waiting for the trolley. Step 2: Put on some shades. Step 3: Gather your cousins and jump on the trolley. Step 4: Admire the ocean view while riding up the Pacific Coast Highway. Step…
It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for golden evening light. My tombstone will probably say something like, “Look at the light!” because I point it out to my kids every single day. Warm summer nights are the perfect time to round up whoever I can to come out and…
It is good to be a kid in the summertime. We wound up with a whole bunch of boys at our house one day so we broke out the water balloons. It would have been smart to change into swimsuits before getting soaked, but by the time the first balloon…
Crew cracked us up with his dance moves to “Juicy Wiggle.”
It’s 2020! Time to dust off the old blog. I’m about a year and a half behind on documenting our lives and I just can’t give it up or skip ahead. Too much good has happened to jump to the present. I love writing records and I’m so glad for…
