A Tiger No More!

Jake has had a crazy Tiger year, and now he's a Wolf! This troop had a too cute tradition for "bridging under", Jake thought it was great!

What a cutie patutie his is!!

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Muppets!

In honor of the new Muppet movie coming out, and our love of all things Kermit we were enspired to create this smoothy! Enjoy!

Kermit Smoothy

1/2 honeydue melon, peeled

2 bananas, peeled

1 sm. lemon yougert

1/2 of a 16oz. bag of frozzen peaches

2 handfuls ripped kale

2 dragon flys

2 flys

Blend and enjoy!

Running Away!

Since Dan was not on call yesterday we wanted to run away from town! So we ran away to the hills of the wild west! To Virginia City! We had lots of fun, we did not get to see and do everything we wanted (too early in the season) but we did get see a couple museums including one with the desk Mark Twain worked at as a news reporter, and we got to go into the Ponderosa Mine! While in the mine our guide lit a candle and turned out the electric lights to show us how they worked, then he blew out the candle! I have never seen dark like that! The kids got old fashion candy (a bribe to get my souvenir), I got my souvenir it's up there at the top, I think that picture just proves you should not mess with this family! If only all my boys wore cowboy hats daily...

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The Haps!

Happy Man Jake lost his first tooth and the tooth fairy visited him!

He also lost a second tooth but that was because the dentist said it had to go, but he was super and did a great job!

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The rest of these pictures are from the Mother's Day that wasn't.

Leili was super cute showing off her favorite shoes and sporting great pig tales!

I love when I actually capture real smiles!

This makes her head look pretty big, but those eyes are just so pretty!! :)

Poor kids, mom made them take a picture with her! :)

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Hymn For The Day!

HERE!

Happy Easter!

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Bliss

Yes, bliss.

A sweet memory I carry from my childhood is of sheets hanging on the clothes line out back. Walking between them, running my hands along them or my cheek feeling the crisp coolness and warmth. The peaceful sway in the breeze.

There is something so satisfying and right when I have laundry on the line, life can be crazy or hectic, my sink could be full of dishes or the house in complete disaster. But if there is laundry flipping in the wind, dancing out my window it is all ok. I am ok. It has been over a year since I hung my laundry out. It was well worth the few dollars I spent to buy new rope.

It has even been warm enough for me to lie in the grass below the line and be warmed, body and soul. Today it was warm enough to watch my baby barefooted and giggling learn the blissful art of running through the laundry from her wise older brothers. Bliss.

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Adventures!!

Finally a nice day that Dan was home for so we headed out of town! Not far but far enough to breath the fresh pine filled air! It was a wonderful outing!! We originally were planning to hike the Naturalist Trail, but we ended up on a different trail, Ophier I think...

Riley was excited to try out his new found craft, pine needle chains! We have a few decorating the house now!

Jake found treasures, including a large piece of sap!!

Leili was happy to eat the dirty snow, yum...

Snack time! I was excited to get all the kids in one shot all doing their own thing! Too fun!

Thanks to the rock I balance the camera on so we could get a family picture!

Even a picture of ME! :)

And look at these cuties!!

So fun, we are lucky I came home!

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Snow Day

When the snow started falling this morning on the dry ground we said, "I did not know it was going to snow today". In this wild adventure we've begun it sometimes snows when the sun is shining so we just did not think much about it. But it did not stop, there was enough to play in, there was enough to look pretty, and it kept snowing.

I looked at the evidences of spring as I washed dishes, it was warm the other day, we did celebrate the first day of spring. But I am not complaining. I had missed the forced slowing of our pace by winters blanket. I think this was a blessing from Heaven, they knew I needed a little isolation.

Nests were made and enjoyed, legos were plentiful, heater vents were sought out as the squeals ran through the house, "the heaters on"! It was loud, it was quiet, it was still snowing. Maybe we should have bought a snow shovel, but if we had it would not have snowed.

"A swirling, whirling snowstorm" at that.

Soup and hot chocolate were required, Leili jubilantly exclaimed, "LELLOW" when I pulled down the small cup once just the right size for Fern. Another new word, they are coming too fast to catch them all these days.

And then at the end, quiet and the earthly glow of a world covered in snow, and a quite little arm around my neck as I walk down the hall.
Good night.