Seems like I write less and less on my blog these days. I guess things just keep ticking along. I feel surprised at how grown up my girls are and I no longer have cute little stories to tell about their favorite toys or their latest milestones. And while I am happy – I can…

This week I had a birthday.  Bea made a pretty cake for me. And I finished knitting this hat.

The weather has finally turned chilly so Claire and I felt like getting out some Christmas decorations. We set up our little village on Sunday. We always have so much fun setting out the houses and trees and itty bitty people and animals. And now I pause and look at the happy little village whenever…

Brian has been going to Minneapolis a lot lately. I often drive him if he takes an early morning flight. 

I usually feel like doing a deep clean of my kitchen in fall instead of a spring clean. It stayed sparkly clean for a couple minutes. This time of year the sun shines so brightly through my front door. I feel drawn to the sunny parts of home when the temperatures cool down. It makes…

The leaves are mostly fallen by now but we've had a super pretty fall. Here are some beautiful leaves growing in my yard. Amelanchier, Witch Hazel, Oak and Locust leaf confetti.

My latest knitting project is a hat. I'm trying to learn this type of color work – sometimes called fair isle. My teacher recommended I do the method where you hold yarn in both hands – plus I'm learning to use double pointed needles. Definitely feeling challenged and it would be helpful if I was…

Finally I have everything figured out on my blog and so I can post a few photos from Halloween. We might be coming to an end with these elaborate costumes that Bea and I make. But this year she wanted to be a fish. I did the sewing and she did the painting. Claire went…

Well I thought my blog was back to normal but it's only displaying normally. I can't upload and photos at the moment. Very frustrating! Also, it makes me want to have a hard copy of my blog because I would hate to have it go poof! and be gone. So I'll keep trying to get…