A summer off of blogging led into the fall, which brought our family into a new home and move and somehow here it is a new year. I enjoy sharing new photos and am back for the new year. Wishing you and your family the happiest of times and shining moments.
My 2013 goal: Capture, edit and print our own family moments and keep our life simple!
Daddy holds me up when waves come crashing by,
In his arms I am safe and loved,
In my daddy’s arms I belong,
Nowhere else I can think of.
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” Freud
Summer is here, so we headed up to the mountains to enjoy some cool weather and fresh air. There are so many reasons to love camping: bright stars, no distractions from family and nature, long walks to nowhere, discovering bird’s nests, watching the bugs, collecting rocks, devouring marshmallows and hanging out with good friends. But, at three in the morning, I could have easily come up with a few reasons not to camp!
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life,
and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
~Charles A. Lindbergh
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
~John Muir
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience,
and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach,
while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”
Isaac Newton
Today is a smooth white seashell,
hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.”
Anon
Usually we answer with our highlights or NOTHING. Recently, I have crossed into another whole dimension of mommyhood that I think is here way too soon. I have now seen the dreaded eye rolls and the complete thought out answer of “nothing” when asked what did you do in school today? Yes, I know all about specific questioning like what was your favorite thing today etc. But, as I said this is a whole new attitude in my little life! So, as I am evaluating myself and how I need to restructure our home, schedule and even my attitude, I found that I answered a friend with “nothing” to what we did this weekend. Oops! I am one important role model for my little treasures and sometimes it is easy to forget.
So, what did we do today? I will skip the endless supply of laundry, never-ending dish pile and changing of the light bulbs.
First:
Major excavation in backyard looking for worms. Outcome, beautiful home with flower beds made in jar,
but no worm friends to be found.
Next:
Boogie boarding in the desert. After riding bikes and scooters come the more creative activities
like pulling a boogie board on the skate board. Whee!
Then, a little hunting for mesquite pods to make “bean soup” which is the equivalent of mudpie when I grew up. Lauren is hard for me to get on camera because she just likes to do the opposite
of what I want! So, here she is having a great day making soup.
Last, we go inside to make sure our new Christmas present, “Rainbow the Fish,” is well and not noticed by Oscar the Cat. A little play time with Oscar and then on to the normal house
stuff like getting clean ond off to make dinner. So, THAT IS WHAT WE DID TODAY. Hope your day was filled with wonder and joy!
