• Goodbye Yellow-Brick [Goldenrod] Road

    Goodbye Yellow-Brick [Goldenrod] Road

    Welp, looks like it’s official: We’re moving. Monday we had the furnace guy out. Yesterday the appraiser visited. This afternoon we’re expecting the window guy. Last week our buyer had her professional home inspection and we chose countertops for the new house. We should probably start packing. This is an exciting move, but still it’s bittersweet. This modest home was…

  • Never Grow Up

    Never Grow Up

    Youngest daughter is identifying as a mermaid these days. And we just let her. Whatever. In truth, I kind of love it. You’re only a kid once, right? I want her them to “stay this little“. How does Taylor Swift know about the bittersweet angst of parenthood, anyhow? They grow up SO FAST. I want their childhoods to be…

  • Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

    Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow

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    Here’s a little peek at what’s been filling our days, of late… Middle child is still into mermaids, and was convinced she would turn into a real one on her half-birthday in December… In other news… Little Man is still struggling with sleep… I MIGHT have dipped his binky into maple syrup a few times in the…

  • Desperate Times

    Desperate Times

    Little Man does many things amazingly well: He is extremely bright, keenly observant, genuinely affectionate, and has a great sense of humor. He has learned, by immersion, a second language in a matter of months. Admittedly, he remembers his “please and thank yous” better than his school-aged sisters. He also follows instructions and sequences better.…

  • Honoring Origins

    Honoring Origins

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    If you follow college football at all, then it’s no mystery why our oldest daughter recently sported her Oregon Ducks shirt, proudly explaining to all who would listen here in the Montana Tundra that she’s actually an Oregonian… … And she’s right, the first four members of our family were born in Oregon; all five of us…

  • A Big Year

    A Big Year

    2014 was one of those years. Along with 2001, 2005, and 2007 (the years we were married, and birthed our two daughters, respectively), it will, to our family, forever remain sacred and set apart… The year we welcomed Little Man into our family. An eighteen month endeavor (and I thought carrying both our girls to 41 weeks was a…

  • Schoolin’

    Schoolin’

    A good many of our homeschool lessons around here are formal, taught… but an even greater number are simply caught. Here is a bit of what the kids are learning, currently.

  • Christmas Traditions – Birthday Cake & Cards

    Christmas Traditions – Birthday Cake & Cards

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    True, Christmas is over; but I just had to share two more of our treasured traditions with you all to wrap things up. (<—See what I did there?) Unlike the jammies, ornaments, and gingerbread houses that dot my memory of Christmases Past, I didn’t grow up with either of these traditions.  Somewhere along the line I picked…

  • Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

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    Hail the Heaven born Prince of Peace Hail the Son of Righteousness Light and life to all He brings Risen with healing in His wings… Happy birthday, Jesus! And a very Merry Christmas to all of our friends. As promised, our 2014 Christmas Jammies: