I love this time of year. I love seeing the plants coming up all around my yard. Shooting out of the ground so small yet so strong and bright. I’m drawn to them. I walk around the yard and check their progress. They reassure me. I have some nice shade plants between our house and…

We had a really nice long weekend with Grandpa and Grandma J. We celebrated grandma’s birthday. We went for a lovely walk at the botanic garden. Mom and I went to a church rummage sale. And we made some progress on our front yard – removing those old shrub roots and buying some new shrubs…

We had some rainy days – lots of opportunities for puddle jumping. I spotted some spotty mushroom cookies at a new favorite cafe. Cute. Claire is doing great learning to ride her bike. She does fine pedaling and balancing – she needs practice starting and stopping. Why do I spend my time doing silly things?…

Spring is bringing some changes to our little home landscape. The grass is getting green and flowers are blooming. And a big, big change in the front yard – we cut down the old, overgrown shrubs along the front of our house. Here’s the before and after: Wow – what a change. It makes our…

Today is my wedding anniversary – Brian’s too (ha). We’ve been married 13 years. This morning, after getting Bea off to school, l did something I haven’t done in a long time. I got out my wedding and honeymoon albums and took a trip down memory lane.  We got married on a Tuesday at Midland’s…

To end our Spring Break week we took a quick trip to Midland. The good parts were watching the girls eat up all the love from grandma and enjoying lots of yummy Easter foods. Just one bad part – we woke up to snow on Easter morning. Uhg. This Spring seems to be teasing us.…