When our kids were babies and toddlers we went hiking several times a week from Spring through Fall and a couple of times in the Winter. We drove far and wide to all kinds of exciting places and adventures. We had a few regular trails that we got to know really well. Sometime after ourContinue reading “A Return to the Woods”
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Favorite Things
The plan was to take a hike today. It has been a long time since we have voyaged into the woods and long overdue. I wasn’t too hopeful when rain greeted us this morning, but leaned into a slow morning. After some oatmeal and dressing, we made our way to the woods. And of courseContinue reading “Favorite Things”
Autumn and Harry Potter
One of my husband’s favorite things to do as Autumn really starts to set in is watch all the Harry Potter movies. We have been making our way through them with the girls the past two weeks. Since we have given our kids such an early bedtime (because it takes them forever to settle forContinue reading “Autumn and Harry Potter”
The Lake is Back!
Whipple Dam is a favorite hike of ours and we have not been able to go there for quite some time now. They have been putting bridges and ramps along the trail for a few years and then they set to draining and dragging the lake last year. We were able to hike a fewContinue reading “The Lake is Back!”
Puzzles
When I was a kid we almost always had a puzzle set up somewhere for us all to work on. Some puzzles would take weeks or months for us to finish. One year, when my parents were still together, they gave me a box set of Thomas Kincaid jigsaw puzzles. I was pretty excited andContinue reading “Puzzles”
The Accidental Domestic Goddess 