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• Links and Cake

  

  It is deliciously sunny and warm-ish for mid-January right now; the beauty of a Colorado winter. Yesterday and today - and maybe even the next few days - no... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Good

  

  My head is full of ideas and projects. Mostly stuff around the house - sprucing up rooms, finding more and more to purge. I feel this massive need to strip us... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• I Am.

  

  I was digging around in the basement earlier this week for something, and then I got sidetracked. On top of my beloved writing desk, covered with papers, junk,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Birdseed Ornaments

  

  Each year during the holidays we make a little something to give to our neighbors. This was our fourth year celebrating the holidays here and the little ones,... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Shop Talk

  

  It was the Winter Solstice. We went for a walk. Well, I walked and the little ones decided to ride their bikes "Dodge Charger Super-charged 40007 and... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Caramelized Sugar

  

  Yesterday as I was blissfully sipping a cup of hot tea and browsing images of lovely gardens on Pinterest, Sully ran up to me and broke the silence with his... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Clutch Love

  

  I wanted to share something I'm loving with you. This fabulous clutch was made by my friend Liz of KnitKnot Gumdrop. Liz makes and sells awesome stuff in her... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Happy New Year!

  

  This beautiful lady, Aclia, was the same age as me and just starting to wean her 3 year old baby!Wow, a new year! I've spent a bit of time these past few days... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Merry Merry!

  

  We piled around the kitchen island. Cheese, crackers, summer sausage, popcorn, butter-mints in those lovely pastel colors dotted with bright crunchy dots,... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Sun Stands Still

  

  Today is the winter solstice. It is said that it is the day the sun stands still. I like to think of this day that way. A pause. Time for quiet contemplation an... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Gifting :: Photos

  

  If you're anything like me, then you take quite a few photographs of your little ones. And those images probably don't actually ever come to life on paper. Whic... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Lavender Sugar

  

  This is the week that I will make and give. Right now, Christmas tunes smoothly flowing. The scent of vanilla sugar cookies gently swirling throughout. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY

• I Am Sorry.

  

  Darkness spread over our land yesterday. At a time of year when light and miracles are celebrated, when we spread an extra healthy dose of gratitude on all... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Breathing Space

  

  I have been away from this space. Readying rooms for a makeover, purging toy bins, ready to do away with almost everything we own. Projects that took me away... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Today.

  

  It was the little things today that held me up. The little things always come through when things come up like a little one home sick, a broken espresso machine. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 DIARIES

• With Gratitude

  

  I have so many things to be thankful for, but above all I am grateful to have a family that even with all of our quirks I am grateful to call mine. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Clear Headed and Thankful.

  

  Our drive to Kansas, across golden prairie speckled with wind turbine forests, was long - 10 hours long to be exact - and was the dose of clearing my head that ... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• This and That

  

  So far this has been a week of scrumptious disconnect. I've traded most of my time spent online for curling up on the couch, my little ones within reach, a cupp... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Just Write

  

  Moons ago, before the night I fell in my bathroom and massively broke my arm, I was a massage therapist. Over time I built up a very fulfilling practice - just... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY

• Sunday Walk

  

  Never mind that it was freezing cold, or that the wind viciously ripped through. The little ones ran, charged by this beautiful scene, and I would like to hope... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 DIARIES, FAMILY