The girls and I decorated a dozen eggs for Easter. I decorated one, and they did the rest. We started off by first putting one egg into each color and then added more layers of color onto those eggs. They… Continue reading
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Oh, my babies :)
The one on the left has a total gift for drawing, writing, and a crazy imagination. She’s creative and analytical to a fault. The one on the right is a math wizard, and regularly does first grade math with ease… Continue reading
Death Valley Trip, 2011 — Day Two, Part Three!
I took too many pictures… clearly. This was The Racetrack, up in the northern end of the park. It was huge, quiet, and beautiful! The weather was amazing. It was weird to be there after having seen so many photographs… Continue reading
Death Valley Trip, 2011 — Day Two, Part Two!
At Teakettle Junction, we chose to head over to check out some abandoned mines before going to The Racetrack. We wound up an the Lost Burro Mine, which was really cool. We didn’t see another soul for several hours, which… Continue reading
Death Valley Trip, 2011 — Day Two, Part One!
Day two in Death Valley was jam packed with stuff we wanted to see :) It was a long day, but so worth it! We started out by heading up past the Ubehebe Volcanic Formation to see some deserted mines,… Continue reading
Death Valley Trip, 2011 — Day One!
Gosh, I took over 600 pictures for this trip. I wanted to document it all, I guess! I had the most amazing time! We got there in the early afternoon on Thursday. By the time we made it to the… Continue reading
Yearly Bicycle Classic
Our town hosts a yearly “Bicycle Classic” every spring, and for a few years now, the girls have done the early Saturday morning public races. Just for fun, of course :) I was glad to see that Avery wasn’t the… Continue reading
Waffle-Makin’ Wednesday
Having slow mornings is one of the things I cherish most about vacations… even when I’m not working, my 6-year-old still has to be at school at 8am, and prior to that we have breakfast to make and eat, clothes… Continue reading
My beautiful girl!
She’s growing up so quickly. She amazes me every day. It’s hard to believe she’ll soon be six-and-a-half. I love her so, so dearly. There is nothing to compare the love of a child to. I love peeking in on… Continue reading
The simplest things…
An unexpected smile, A stranger holding open a door, A fellow driver waving at you to give the right-a-way… Simple gestures can mean so much — Flowers for no reason are way up there on my list. Even little itty… Continue reading