Blinded by Love
We travelers, walking towards the sun, can’t seeAhead, but looking back the very lightThat blinded us shows us the way we came,Along which blessings now appear, risenAs if from sightlessness to sight,...
View ArticleA girl and her daddy..
I am not jealous of her relationship with her daddy.I am still mommy, and I am usually the preferred one especially in the case of tired or hungry, but man I LOVE watching Ashby when her daddy is home....
View ArticleFall News..
A lot has been going on around here. I have a job...(2 days a week nannying, Ashby helps me :)Here is a quick pictorial review of the last few months..Auntie Kate moved up to Seattle....and in with...
View ArticleWeekend Adventure
Ashby, Mom and I went to Yakima this weekend. Saw Lisa Lou who's kind family donated wood from their Orchard for our wood stove! So cool and literally very warm (I can feel the heat from the fire...
View ArticleQuiet Morning...
Amidst the craziness of the Holidays, Football season, and having a child under 1 year of age, life can suddenly feel like it is slipping through the cracks. I woke up this morning and realized we had...
View ArticleUpcoming weekend.
Well, we are down to one last game. One last game of 20. We went from an 11 game season to a 20 game season overnight. Needless to say Dave is exhausted and I am ready to have a partner again :). But I...
View ArticleAnother week!!
Just 2 years ago, we were just finishing up a season with El Camino College. Loving every minute. Waiting for Our next adventure. 2 years later....NFC West Champions. And an NFL playoff birth. What...
View ArticleDave in the News
Well, we are still rolling. But this is really cool. I woke up to phone calls about a news article about Dave in the Daily Breeze down in LA. I'll put the link up here. God is so awesome and such a...
View Articlewhat a season
Am I sad its over? Yes. Would it have been great if we could have kept going? Absolutely (especially in the financial department)Do I think this is the end of the world? No way. This is this...
View ArticleSee you in 10..
10 days that is.. I am writing this post from Phil and Larissa's house in beautiful MAUI.Never in our life together have we ever decided to just go on a vacation on a Monday and leave on a Friday....
View ArticleMaui
Ashby turned 1 yesterday! But before that we had an amazing vacation in Hawaii. We really needed the time to reconnect as a family. And we discovered that Ashby loves all things related to water. She...
View ArticleTo my readers...
OK. So i am horrible with blogging lately. I think the biggest reason is that SOOO much happens every week, day, minute etc and I never feel caught up. So when I go to blog I don't know where to start...
View ArticleLooking Back..
In the past year my body has done some amazing things. Namely carrying a life, birthing that sweet baby girl, and then recovering from gaining 50 pounds (yes, I said 5-0!) and getting healthy after...
View ArticleEnough
This theme is my theme right now.My mantra..."You are enough, you have enough, there will be enough."Mantra is simply a word or phrase you repeat over and over and over until it sticks. Or for me it is...
View ArticleSleep training
For those of you moms or children that easily slept through the night early on in your life...you are lucky. And apparently, according to all that I am reading, very abnormal. Most children do not...
View ArticleMontezuma's Revenge...on vacation
Really really looking forward to a trip to the beach house since January when I got invited. My dear dear friend Lisa and her mom invited all the girls from my family out for the weekend. We planned...
View Articleinteresting discovery today
I am tired and Ashby decided to go to bed at 6 today. So sleep training is going. She still needs to nurse to fall asleep and is going for 2-3 hour stretches at night but things are slowly improving....
View ArticleDucks!!!
In a surprising twist, we had a 65 degree sunny day in the Northwest on a Friday. After an awesome lunch at the Beachhouse in Kirkland with our friends, we walked into downtown, got a cup of coffee,...
View ArticleCelebration Sundays...(on Monday today)
We have decided to begin a new tradition in our house. Celebration Sundays. There is so much to be thankful for. There is so much good happening in our lives. We just rarely choose to take the time to...
View ArticleBig Change!
Sleep training!!Why did I not do this sooner. Well, I know why. I wasn't ready. Having Dave home to help and be patient when I have been with Ashby all day and am at the end of my rope is huge :)7 days...
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