This weekend, we squeezed every bit out of our last hours of Summer. We are a Summer family. We love lounging, water, impromptu ice cream outings, late night movies…complete with popcorn and hidden treasures on the bottom of the bowl, sibling slumber parties on palates, sleepovers, magical travels, and eat-when-you’re-hungry lunches. Let’s not discount that they have a tendency […]
I’m enjoying the quiet that seldom is, waiting for the kids to meander down the stairs…blankies and stuffed bears in hand, with ragged hair and sleepy eyes. Turns out, Trout likes to get up rather early to go outside and then spends the next hour bounding around and biting my ankles. Even the continual, calming […]
i finally got my camera battery charged and the second half of the trip uploaded. i am in love with some of these shots. so much so…that i will let them speak for themselves. my grandpa’s old creel and my dad’s fly rod. Creede, Colorado meanwhile…back at the ranch: I must admit…it has taken me a […]
Do you see that horse? You probably are looking at the one that we are on…but this story is about the other one. It’s a story about the horse in the background…the one that is quietly grazing…the one that looks thin…and a little bit lonely…and who is staying out of the limelight, even though a […]
so…maybe you didn’t know we went to colorado last week. it was sorta impromptu…sorta not. a few weeks before we left from iowa, my dad offered us a trip with my parents and my brother to wolf creek ranch…where he grew up going with his parents and grandparents, and where i grew up going with […]
Yesterday, it threatened rain all day. But alas…there was none. I think it may have rained everywhere except for our little, stifling, shriveled up street. You know that cartoon…the one where the black, rain cloud is following someone around and it is only above them and everywhere else is all sunny and fluffy clouded? Well…it’s […]
The emotional connection I have to Clemson, South Carolina is one that goes beyond any normal, college experience. In a way…it is home. Not home…like where I was born and raised, or where my family is…but home, like…where I grew up. I was only there 2 years for Graduate School…but I assure you that I […]
Aiden sings Don’t Stop Believin…by Journey a lot. I listen to her in the bath tub…in her room…in the car…and as she meanders around the house. She quietly sings to herself in perfect melody. Sometimes she struggles with some of the words. Sometimes she is not exactly sure which phrase goes next. Sometimes she just […]
You’re going to have to pardon my lack of bloggery…as we have been traveling around the country as if we were The Jonas Brothers on our Summer 2011 Tour. We finished off our Iowa Adventure with a bang. And I do mean bang…as we saw, yet another fireworks display. If there is one thing I […]
There have been many good times here in Iowa…as there always are. More important than the tangible times, are the lasting memories and growth that come from all of these amazingly, magical experiences that can sometimes only be visually captured by a photograph. and that…my loves…is why I absolutely make you all crazy with all […]