Back in Spring, when we were bored and looking forward to Summer, the kids and I wrote down a bucket list of things to make together. We have actually been really good about doing them! As you may have picked up from what little I mention here, Kyle travels quite a bit for work. One of the nice things about his job is that he returns with strawberries! Often it’s more than I can handle, so we give them away to anyone who is within a 60 mile radius of us. But now that the… Read more >

We went to Maui! And it was bliss. [As if there were any other option] Hawaii is 100% paradise. It’s where I am truly on vacation from the second we step off the plane…and as the kids get older, it’s just getting better and better! Case in point: the photo above with our luggage. Two small suitcases, two boosters. THAT’S ALL WE PACKED!!! No pack n play. No suitcase full of diapers. No portable toilet. None of that. Full disclosure: P only switched to a booster a month ago and V only got one for… Read more >

Another week of this fun… In addition to the normal haul (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, corn, etc) we got some new things this week – including white peaches and long beans! And more of these beautiful shelling beans, which I think I forgot to show you last week… So pretty! Kyle said this was the best chili I ever made, which is hilarious to me because it was barely a chili. It had tomatoes, beans and ground beef, but beyond that it was such a hodgepodge of veggies…anything I could grab to use up… Read more >

This will be quick because we drove back in two days with a quick stop in Bend for the night. We got coffee at Bobbie Jean’s (MEH) on the way out of town and can’t say much about it. I never thought I’d miss Starbucks coffee, but I was really really ready for a decent cup of decaf by the time we got home. We had lots of food for the road because Kyle’s parents grilled extra tri-tip for us and then we packed up a ton of other goodies. No shortage of food for… Read more >

It was really hard to edit down the photos I have from our time with Kyle’s fam (and I feel like I barely took any pics!). We see them so infrequently that the week of togetherness is very important for grandkid bonding. Now that the kids are older, it feels so sweet when they recall things from past trips to Idaho. I’m glad we are all making these memories…even if there are such long stretches of time in between. All the cousins! Last I left off, we had just packed up after our time in… Read more >