Today I’m going to share just a few snaps from Roman’s 1st birthday party at Camp Roman! I actually kept my camera in the car for nearly the entire day and allowed our sweet photographer, Kate, to capture everything. I knew that her photographs wouldn’t…
in the woods
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mama wears // baby wears (sunshine days)
As I was saying, last week we were blessed with some gorgeous weather. We made the most of it and spent as much time outdoors as possible. On this afternoon, we played out in the yard. I wore a new top from Zulily & my…
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Nature Walk in March
The harshest winter of my lifetime is slowly creeping to an end. It’s below freezing again today, but it warmed up enough to start melting snow over the weekend. We took advantage and went on our first real nature walk since autumn. Roman is really…
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Hope in the Dark Places
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger — something better, pushing right back.” —Albert Camus…
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lovely weather for a sleigh ride together…
This Valentine’s Day was the best one yet. It’s not surprising, considering that I had the sweetest valentine in the whole wide world. We had another week of snow, but on Friday afternoon the sun came out, the temperature finally crept above freezing, and we…
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Our Wood-burning Stove
This month, we completed the installation of our new wood-burning stove. This is one of our first, and most important, steps toward sustainable living. Wood-burning stoves are one of the most energy efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to heat the home. Wood burners outperform both solar…
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You change and then you change again.
“Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the thing that struck me the most about life is the capacity for change… At first it’s hard to bear, but after awhile you learn not to look at it as a loss. There’s even…
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Roman’s First Snowfall
Yesterday morning we had our first snowfall of the year. The first snowfall is always magical but being that it was Roman’s very first, it was all the more special. Me being me, I just couldn’t resist bundling ourselves up & heading out into the…