Cecilia turns 5!!!!!

Our little Cecilia Noelle turned 5 in December!!!!! How can that be!?? It does seem right… but really I like to just hold on to each day as they each slip through our fingers… it’s hard to grasp it all… but 5… I watched her sleeping her last night being 4… smiling… snoring… dreaming… She … Read more

trimming the tree…

the days leading to Christmas truly are amazing! I love it so! We trim our tree just after Thanksgiving… it’s always the day we look forward to most! Picking out the tree makes me super nervous… is it going to be fat enough! I make Mattias unwrap all the wet trees in piles… we are … Read more

end of school year fun…

BABY SHOWER for RYDER!!!!!!!!  end of the year Garden Club 1st grade party!!! we used our harvested kale, potatoes! made such a great lunch for the children! they were so excited to try so many new things! our little Cecilia graduated… to the next year of preschool! she so happy! such a sweet loving school! … Read more

a shower and some cozy days…

April went by fast… really fast! We try when things are crazy to keep calm home days as much as possible… ironing on pretend ironing boards…wine in the backyard… a baby shower! oh it was lovely! My dear friend from high school was in town from Colorado and had the sweetest baby bump I couldn’t … Read more

Easter…

we love to celebrate… love holidays! I love to pull out the rubbermaid boxes and remember back on all of the years… last Christmas… Halloween… little treasures that help us remember. little buddies in the banyan trees…  I took this sweet pic a few days before Isabelle lost her first little tooth… I knew it … Read more

turning 7 this year….

this little silly girl turned 7 this spring… 7… how can it be…? it doesn’t seem so… it seems like just yesterday I was rocking her to sleep… her little legs just bent over my elbow… I would sing to her… she would hear my heart beat… and now… well I still sing to her… … Read more

Christmas Morning…

he came he came!!! Tomten came to our home!!! So exciting this fun Swedish tradition! Tomten comes and delivers gifts to the children in person! my heart skips a beat with anticipation and it’s all so much fun! Skyping with Farmor & Farfar… bringing the world a little bit closer with this amazing technology! you … Read more