Banks Family Pictures
It was cold and windy and we didn’t know if we’d survive, but we managed to get a few great shots. Now, I can check extended family pics off my list for a looooong time 🙂
Happy Birthday Chippy!
Chippy has been in our family for one year! We celebrated with a banana cake covered in sunflower seeds 🙂 She loved it!
Family | Traditions | Travel
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve was on Sunday so we all got up and went to church. The music was beautiful, but the talks were strange. One woman talked about the iron curtain and the other man just told his life story. It was an interesting life story, but didn’t have too much to do with Christmas or…
Cornell Family Pictures
We got my mom and dad new family pictures for Christmas. And it was quite the adventure with all our little ones. (I’m talking to you, Simon. And BLAKE. 🙂 I am actually quite amazed at how well they turned out. I’ve got to hand it to the photographer–she worked magic! She had this feather…
Advent 2017
It was a fun, and busy season leading up to Christmas. We are so grateful for all the amazing opportunities we get to have, and the beautiful memories we create together. Here are some of our favorites: Our Tsum Tsum Advent Calendar. They’d race down each day to open up their cute little figurine. We…
Fall | Family | Traditions
Favorite Fall activities
It’s not really Fall until we visit Ya Ya Farms. This year was COLD and WINDY. We didn’t last too long. But, it’s worth it to brave the cold and wind to get a bite of our very favorite apple cider donuts. Why are fall spices so good? The kids loved pestering the Turkeys. They…
Tara’s 36th Birthday
Another great birthday in the books! The day started with a delicious breakfast after I got home from my walk with Kari. Rusty made gluten free German Pancakes. My favorite! Hot Yoga with one of my favorite teachers, Courtney, came after we dropped kids off at school. Rusty came with me. Then we headed to…
“House Car” trip to Buena Vista
Ever since Blake was little he has been telling us that he is going to have a bunch of kids and they are going to live in a “house car” aka: RV. The latest is that he will have 5 kids and 8 dogs. So, we’ve always thought it would be so fun to test…
First Day of School 2017
We had our annual Back to School Dinner ending with Father’s Blessings, and I took no pictures! But, here is our Family Theme for the year: I really think if we can focus on believing in, and trusting the best parts of each other that we can build trust and strengthen family relationships.