tiny electricians

Before He left for his trip, Kit showed Ryder how to string the lights for our pergola.  I kept calling him my electrician.

Ryder did an amazing job...

We love this space so much!

Soccer family

 The kids both had their first official games of the season.

They both played so well.  They both had so much fun.  They both walked away with a win.

Also, we are an official soccer family because...

We got a wagon...

We are excited for this season!

Conversations with a middle schooler

 Last Friday, Eden had an after school playdate, so I got time alone with Ryder.  

We ended up making guacamole and talking about all sorts of things.  

Topics that we covered:

-Friends he loves and kids at school that he's learning what NOT to do from...

-Professional athletes and their travel schedules

-Kit and my different parenting styles

-How to delicately handle Eden when she cries

-How much he loves reading The Hunger Games

-How is fantasy league is going

-His class discussions on 9-11

-The bravery of our military, the police and the firefighters that first responded

-Talking after watching videos about flight 93 and crying while watching the recount of Todd Beamer and "Let's Roll"

-How In-N-Out is the best choice for dinner

-How Friday Movie nights are always a good idea...❤︎

And they're off!

 Kit left for his annual backpacking and hunting trip with his brother Andrew.  Kit looks forward to this trip every year. Here are some shots from their trip last year in September 2020:

I love how they get to connect doing something together that they love so much.  In light of losing Grandpa Pierce recently, this felt even more special for Kit...

So here is to these two having lots of adventures and making lots of fun memories!

Dreams for 2022

We have big plans for the Spring of 2022.  The plans that we had for March of 2020 may have been cancelled but the dream was just postponed. So we look ahead to with hopeful anticipation  for adventures to be had ad memories to be made...(And it all started with  renewing the kids passports...) We made an event out of it...

Celebrated with treats at Hidden house coffee...

We are so excited and crossing our fingers that we won't need to postpone again...❤︎

Bunny photo dump...

 The bunnies have been so snuggly and we love it each and every time we get to have them with us when we hang out and watch a movie or things like that... 

"Mom, take our picture!"

"Never mind, I'll get it..."

Jelly belly fell asleep...

...So did Eden...

The face they give when they know a treat is coming...

But the face I get when they hear they have to take a photo first...

Then it's time to snuggle in again...

We are THOSE bunny people and I'm not even ashamed of of it...❤︎ 

My little decorator...

 Eden has been asking for a little update to her room.  The knobs on her vintage dresser have been spinning and making it hard to open the drawers.  She wanted to bedding that was plain white. She wanted the paintings that belonged to her great-grandma to hang in her room.  She had fu picking things out and making all the little decisions.

Here is the before:

We took down frames, and filled in holes and repainted.  We repainted the bed frame.  She wiuld help tell us where she wanted things to go...

Her finished product:

I love every detail...

They are finally up in a spot where they can be enjoyed!

This room feels like it's her but it also feels so grown up!

I'm proud of her making her space her own.