We're into our second week of school after our 3 week Christmas/Sick Break. It's really nice to be back in our routine, although I/we extremely enjoyed the time to just relax together with Kyle home. I was happy to work on sewing projects, get knee surgery, and catch up on things around the house.  Towards the end of last semester, Dorien began asking...Read More

Sometime this past summer, whenever it was that we went to the Farm for a week by ourselves, I made August a pair of cargo pants.  I bought the Coastal Cargo Pants pattern online from BlankSlate Patterns. This was the second Blank Slate Pattern I've used, and it challenged me so much. Mostly because I did about 20 things I'd never done before....Read More

I decided now that Christmas is past, it's ok to post pictures from Thanksgiving. Living backwards,sort of. So this was my family's Thanksgiving at the Farm this past year. Randad wanted the above picture taken as proof that Ruby liked him. Apparently, she has never particularly warmed to my dad, so this moment between the two of them was very special. Gage, seated...Read More

We love making trips to our local library. Especially because it takes us directly past Kyle's office. We park in his parking deck and walk a block over to the Main Library. From the sidewalk, we can look up and his office looks right down onto us. He's the window on the right, waving to his family below him! I was about a...Read More

Back in November, Kyle gave me an afternoon to spend quietly with Wyeth while he took the older three hiking in Burns Park.  They had a wonderful time - according to Kyle, it sparked some primitive fire in August who couldn't stop sprinting about, climbing trees and just being a very happy boy.  I think Dorien reacted much the same way, although his...Read More