Our house was full of Halloween spirit. It was extra special because our Sara, Ellie and Papa were there.  Every meal for two days was...

Landon is walking … if you make him! Landon will take up to five steps in a row if properly bribed.  He has been standing and walking...

Today our sweet niece, Ellie Marie, turned four.  She is such a joy to be around. Her smile lights up my world and the day she was born...

As part of Ellie’s birthday celebration we visited the pumpkin patch.  It was cold and wet but the kids and Papa had a great time...

When Papa cleans up his yard he always leaves a huge pile of leaves for the girls to play in. With giant smiles on their faces and...

I am still forcing myself to stay out of auto mode. I am usually frustrated and think about putting down my camera permanently and trying...

All it took was one bandanna to turn a little boy into a lamb. Addi was rummaging through my drawer and found two brightly colored...

We have had a great month full of visiting friends and family. My wonderful friend, Elizabeth, called and asked if she could drive three...

Some of my favorites pictures of baby Addi are these, sweet 9 month old Addison: “Helping” me load or unload the dishwasher! Landon is...

Addison had her first field trip on Wednesday with her preschool class. It was cold. Windy and so cold, but the corn maze was F-U-N!

{Once in awhile I remember to put down my iPhone and takes some pictures with my real camera!}

I had the opportunity to get back into the field and help out with migrating golden eagle research. I invited my little brother Jake...

Practice makes perfect, that what they say. I have been studying and reading and practicing, forcing myself out of the comfortable auto...

Our Granny. Tough. Beautiful. Stubborn. Warm. Hilarious sense of humor. Ornery. Encouraging. Loving and generous. Above everything else,...

Magic happens. Perfect, magical moments happen without planning them. Most of of my favorite photos are unplanned and un-posed. Landon...

Fall is settling on our part of the world. Nighttime temps fall into the low 30s and the leaves on the trees are starting to glow yellow...

I didn’t cry when she sat in a circle and sang her name to her music classmates for the first time. I didn’t cry when she put on her...

“I will not go to school.” That is pretty much how the day before her first day went. She was dead set on rebelling against the whole...

It’s over. He is well. He is happy, we are home and it is over. Friends and family have said, “Surgery is always harder on the parents.”...

Addi started soccer this week and has had two practices. In the beginning of practice she is shy and I have to kneel beside her. Once she...