Our first pumpkin patch sunset

I looked at the calendar last week and realized it was already almost the end of October… and we hadn’t gone to the pumpkin patch yet! With two soccer tournaments…

Beautiful wildflowers on the California Coast

The flowers at Timber Cove (where we went on our recent trip to the coast) were so beautiful that I wanted to share a few more photos… :) For more “Wordful” /…

The color on these birds!

I took the kids to a zoo not far from our house a couple weeks ago. We met my family for sort of an end-of-the-summer day together. It was a great time and…

Kauai, continued!

Here are a few more photos from our trip to Kauai. It was such a beautiful place. Looking down from the top of Kilauea Lighthouse. Near Mount Waialeale, the location with the…

Kauai Vacation!

I don’t even know where to start; Kauai is such a beautiful place. It was so nice to be able to spend time away with Mike, just the two of us….

The weather!

You would never know it’s June by the way the weather has been in Northern California lately! Just last week, at a time we normally hit the 90’s, we got torrential storms and…

Gratitude – A Happy Habit

Being grateful isn’t always easy. Especially in the middle of the challenges and chaos that can come with parenting. But when we focus on the roses, instead of the thorns… (one of the…