we re-united with our friend, the backyard, thursday night. it’s been a while…because of our enemies, the mosquitoes and humid heat. but…thursday night…we sucked it up. flicka tried her hand at baseball… while colton showed us he still had it. there is something very satisfying about watching siblings teach and learn from each other. they […]
i woke up this morning with good intentions. i swear, i did. it’s been a week of mama fail. the kind where you wake up after your kids have been up for a while and realize that they didn’t come and get you. then you stumble to the coffee pot and realize that they have […]
tonight i got to play soccer. i’ve always remembered that line from the movie, THE ROOKIE…when he realizes that he can quit feeling the pressure to perform and focus on the fact that… “tonight…he gets to play baseball.” so…that’s what i think of every time we have a game or practice. i love the days that i “get […]
you know how people get writer’s block? and they have to get up and go do something else…totally unrelated…in order to have a prayer of getting past it? well…that’s me. only…it’s not writer’s block. it’s cleaner’s block. i’ve spent the last several days…inside the house…going from one room to the next…un-packing from our 3 week […]
my great grandma and grandpa kelly stumbled upon wolf creek ranch, settled deep in the valley of the rocky mountains near south fork, colorado. my dad grew up spending time there each summer and continued the tradition for my brother and i. we have spent many summers at wolf creek ranch…fishing, hiking, laughing, playing, falling […]
*the majority of this post was typed last week, while still in colorado. the best thing about being in wolf creek is how relaxed the people are. for example… at the rock the rio grande rodeo…you could walk in…pay $25…and do whatever it is you want to do. the girls could do the muttin’ bustin’; the […]
a small miracle took place this morning at 6:30am, when i groggily stumbled out of my cabin bed…i popped open my computer to upload some pictures and somehow connected to a public wifi. we arrived to wolf creek ranch, and all it’s glory, around lunch time on the 4th of july. we have had no […]
a video is in the works for the first half of our trip. but with splotchy internet access…it’s become a bit of a hassle. it may just have to wait until we get home. we have reached the part of our trip where we need to catch our second wind. we usually have multiple plans […]
we made it. we made a split second decision last night to just go ahead and fly the coupe because we were packed and ready. why even go to bed? i’m gonna tell you a little somethin’. traveling at night is way better than traveling during the day. a.) you don’t have to make stops […]
T minus 3 days to go and i have to somehow get all of us packed for 10 days in iowa and a week in colorado. for iowa we need flip flops, sundresses and shorts and for colorado…we need jeans, boots, sweatshirts and fishin’ gear. i’m not entirely sure how to make this happen. which […]