Santa Fe

We had such a fun trip to Santa Fe with my parents.  They told us they were going down there and I said how our family had been wanting to go for awhile.  So, being the kind hearted people they are, they let us come crash their vacation and stay at their condo. Halle had…

April 2017 Highlights

Another busy month at our house!  (I wonder if there will be a month I don’t say that) Our favorite part of April was honoring Jim.  I can’t believe he has been gone a year.  It feels like a lifetime.  The grief is still so heavy and always present.  But so is his spirit of…

The Rest of Spring Break

Most of our week was just spend hanging at home.  It felt like a really nice break.  We slept late, played with friends and had mass amounts of screen time. S’mores with the Rowberrys. Jon and Larraine were here helping out and it was fun to spend the evening with them.  Larraine also made a…

Beverly Beach State Park

While in Bandon, we decided to hit up the West Coast Game Safari Park.  The premise seemed really fun.  See exotic animals up close and have a “hands on” experience.  We could pet a baby brown bear, baby bobcat, baby leopard, and baby fox.  We could hold a possum, and ferrets.  Sounds like a kid’s…

Blake Sleeps

It’s time for another installment of my favorite Blog Series, “Blake Sleeps.” Blake sleeps after a long day of sprinklers and sidewalk chalk Blake sleeps with his head twisted at a very odd angle Blake takes a sunday nap on the floor in the living room after throwing a fit for an hour that he…

Blake Sleeps in Disney World

This is Blake about 5 min after we arrived at the Magic Kingdom on our first day.  AND he slept for about 2 hours on the plane. This is Blake at Akershus.  Ariel called him her little sleeping guppy This is Blake with his favorite friend Pluto. This is Blake at Cinderella’s Royal Table.  Ariel…

Blake Sleeps

Blake is in the process of giving up his nap.  He REFUSES to sleep in his bed in the afternoon, but he’ll fall asleep almost anywhere else.  Here are some of the random, and funny, places I’ve found Blake sleeping: Middle of the living room floor.  4 other kids running and screaming around him. In…