Wednesday, April 15, 2015

a Sunday morning









A morning spent transplanting a few plants outdoors, planting seeds and onion sets, transporting the meat pullets to their outdoor coop, and basking in all that is good this spring.  The leaves are unfurling their sweet fuzzy peach skinned leaves and we relish in all the pinks and purples from the fruit trees.  Under the swinging pendulum of all that is family life, on that day and in that moment the tide was calm and we were able to breath.  It felt so good.

Our time here has been short and I ask myself several times a day what exactly was the purpose of us being plucked from a place our hearts felt so connected.  Whether or not I'd like to admit it - here we are - finding inspiration, resilience, growth, and purpose.  I think both Aaron and I can honestly say we aren't exactly where we thought we would be, but somedays we can admit that we are exactly where we are supposed to be.....for the moment.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

a little of this and that

My camera and brain seemed to have disconnected a bit this weekend and I'm sad to say I didn't snap one photo over the holiday weekend - it was an Easter-Aaron birthday eggsravaganza....!!  It was fun...but wow...it was tiring and I'm happy it is over!!  Here are a few of the sweeter moments from the prior week.

morning yoga
a fifth bowl of oatmeal devoured by arlo 
maple looking for leftovers
sweet pants dad!
Aaron (in those super awesome waders he is sporting) took the kids and a few other homeschool families out for one of his water quality surveys he does with the National Park Service.  They all got their hands on some sort of aquatic insect, checked out a beaver dam, and inevitably got their pants and sleeves wet.


cake pans full of crayfish and caddisfly larvae
crane fly larvae 
a smiling baby
and this lovely lazy cat (who is so much more friendly post snip snip)