june and july rolled by fast. and then. it was august. and there were beach preparations. and school preparations. and, well, without further ado, here’s 25 pictures from auguest. anna picked out this fantastic light up backpack for school. park playdate. before the friends arrived. a moment of getting along. this girl can stand. from […]
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asheville anniversary. with kids.
this past saturday was our 11th anniversary. so, obviously, we packed the kids up for a hike and an overnight trip in asheville. derek had found a short little kid friendly hike online. not much elevation change. cool rocks to climb on. and a waterfall. so, off we went, to toms creek falls… firstly, we […]
easter. spring. friends. lemonade.
well. i thought maybe i would split this post into a few smaller topical posts. but, my time at the computer is pretty limited these days. so another lump 32 picture update post will have to do. for now. i did save a zillion pictures from planting our garden today for a later post. you’re […]
the “it’s finally spring” edition of my bi-weekly catch up posts.
we’ve been keeping pretty busy around here. my little artist anna keeps making fun pictures. this is a blue alligator in the making. since we are down to seven chickens, i decided they could live inside the coop for awhile and our yard (and deck) could finally be free of chicken poop. it will also […]
since february…
it’s been a whirlwind these last couple of weeks. other than telling you that i’m homeschooling and that hazel turned three months and that i made a quilts, i haven’t updated much. so without further ado… here are the happenings of late. some snuggles with hazel. when i took this next picture, i was convinced […]
our sarahpowers and leafy weekend.
on saturday, i loaded up ike and anna for a day trip to raleigh to visit sarahpowers and max. she had some important baby items for me, and we hadn’t been out there since max was born, almost 2 years ago. i used to live in the raleigh area (cary, raleigh, north raleigh, morrisville, etc). […]
dan nicholas park. with friends.
i hopped on here, to detail our trip to the beach. when i scrolled back through the pictures, i realized i haven’t blogged about our little getaway to dan nicholas park awhile back. so, i’ll start there. and then hope that the naps hold out long enough for a beach blog post… first we rode […]
sweaty zoo trip
on sunday, around 11 am, we decided to pack it up (pack it in) and head to the north carolina zoo. it’s about an hour away and we have a family membership, so it would be a cheap and easy family adventure. here’s my gang rolling in… while anna knew that the zoo was where […]
may then june.
yet another installment of my series i like to call “a bunch of random pictures of the last week or so.” hope you enjoy. for memorial day, we headed to the p-salls for burgers and hanging out. the kids were nerds at the kid table. the kiddos jumped on the trampoline all evening long. until […]
memorial (satur)day family tanglewood visit.
we kicked off our memorial day weekend with a little outing to tanglewood park. apparently, we did the same thing last year. this time, though, we brought lucy along, to test out the new dog park. before lidkids, we used to take lucy to dog parks pretty regularly. back then, she was a young pup […]