Category Archives: at home

in between the rains, beautiful sun & crazy winds

a new cookbook — a dreamy cookbook!  i drooled over the dessert recipes, dreaming of them.  but ended up making a healthy pumpkin bread with whole wheat flour and milled flax instead. kinda boring compared to all i saw… but a delicious end to our day for sure.the ocean has been amazing through our recent...

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brunch

and when the house was quiet again, monopoly took over.

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“a tree with a swing…

…by the beach.” — gavin’s house criteria

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it’s the little things.

like soaking in the newness still of our new home. staying in town all day, and not leaving – and finding everything you could ever need or could want. spending the morning with “new” friends, and the afternoon with “old”. just sitting with jackie and listening to our boys laugh together, as if they also...

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and it’s…….

pink!!  my little buds turned into lovely pink camelias, just in time to make it feel a bit more like spring is on its way.

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little by little…

things are getting settled in.  ideas are coming to reality. some with bumps along the way or extra hurdles.  but little by little the new house is becoming home – especially with little accents like the new playhouse.  seeing glimmers of hope.

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grandma ce-ce

a sunny lunch in the new yard, warm sand in the toes – a january get-a-way for the northwest grandma.  sadly, johan was sick for most of the visit – but gavin and i tried our best to keep her in the sun.

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new buds

we have a new home. after nearly eight years in our last, we made a huge move across our tiny beach town. i long for spring when these buds will be in full bloom and cover my house in vases of fresh flowers from my yard. i long for the summer days to sit under...

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festive

so many things festive this time of year.  like the concert at church that made a tie necessary…the tree lighting at our little tiny beach town – that makes me remember why this is the BEST place on earth to live.warm fires in our fireplacewarm coffee dates on a rainy morning with my boy…the tree...

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october. so far.

october, moving so quickly along.  i am finally getting some pictures up of our happenings around here lately.  october is a big month for us.  the leaves are changing hue – the sun is hot.  there are so many stories with each of these pictures.  some of great depth, some of simplicity.  but i’ll leave...

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