Month: May 2014

My Kitchen Window

One of my favorite places in my house is our kitchen bar.  Every afternoon the sun sets though the window and sprays light into the kitchen and engulfs whatever is sitting on the counter. Sometimes it’s the hot sauce bottle. Other times it’s a glass of water. […]

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How to Make a Compass

One of the coolest things we did this month in homeschool was make a compass! Seriously, I think I was more excited than Emma but she still thought it was pretty neat. What you’ll need: 1 small bowl of water 1 needle 1 small piece or styrofoam 1 […]

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Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

My Sister and I recently took our mom to Rockaway Beach In Oregon. She was celebrating her 70th birthday and we thought it would be fabulous to spend a weekend with her at a sweet little beach house on the coast of Oregon. I had […]

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Emma

Over Spring Break this year my Husband, Steve and I took our youngest daughter, Emma on a road trip. Emma is homeschooled and in her fourth-grade year she has been studying the history of California. We thought it would be fun to drive up the state […]

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Loves of my life

Ihave three children. Two of my daughters are young women so you would think by round three I’d be ready for this whole growing up thing.  The truth is, I’m having a harder time with my last baby girl getting big. It seems like yesterday […]

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Heart’s Desire

Art, wonderful art, you call to me in the morning and sing your song to me in the evening. I have heard your calling all my life yet pushed you aside for the sake of money and security. My heart craved for you in the […]

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Steve with Emma 2005

Tiny Moments in Time

I love to take pictures. I love to capture moments in time that will never be here again. That all sounds so great, right?  I mean really, isn’t that why we all take pictures? We want to remember a moment of something that happened, or a […]

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