it doesn’t really take much does it…something as simple as a snail could keep them busy for hours… so this is what we’ve been up to…I love vacation… I love the simplicity… I love the relaxationjust sitting in a garden drinking coffee listening to birds, the rain, our girls catching snails is perfection to me! … Read more
we made it! we made it! we made it!whew!after a bit of stress before coming to Sweden it feels really good to be here!(just a couple of days before our flight we realized.. duh duh duh… that our oldest daughter’s passport was expired!!! so a fast stressed out trip to Miami… begging to get an … Read more
Happy Weekend Everybody!!! I leave you with this sweet image that I took at our oldest girl’s preschool… they have an amazing mulberry tree in their garden!Every day this spring when we pick her up she runs to the tree to gobble a few mulberries! she shares some with her sister who can’t quite reach … Read more
what a lifewe took our kids out to the farm and man oh man every time we do so it makes us realize how lucky we truly are!great kids, great friends, and great farms!and my gosh, aren’t those chickens above darling! I could just kiss them! let the fun beginso much plucking… popping berries in … Read more
it’s that time…putting away the closed in shoes… pack away the long sleeves…jeans up on the top shelf…sun dresses to the front of the closet… flip flops on the shoe rack… hair cuts… sun hats… new sun glasses and even the long sun dresses may need a little knot to make them shorter…yes oh yes…the … Read more
some of my favorite days are the simplest of days…a day in our garden… playing with the hose… planting some seeds…being together doing a little bit of nothing we are so so so excited about our broccoli! this sweet face pops in front of my camera ever so often… she’s so funny… I love this … Read more
it is officially SPRING! it’s just gorgeous out! THIS is why we LOVE to LIVE HERE!!!!! The birds are tweeting so many different songs! the air has a tiny breeze… there are fresh orange blossoms in the air… the skies are so blue and the trees are so green! most days are spent outside… ALL … Read more
before I had children I dreamed of being a mother… I wanted children that could play make-believe.. imagine… pretend. I feel it’s a lost art… a little like letter writing (I still do letters) I feel it could be maybe one of the most important things for children is pretending, imagining, and playing OUTSIDE in … Read more
this is seriously my absolute favorite smell in the world… I cannot photograph scents and that is so frustrating… because I want to share this scent with all of you… I want to bottle it up and make a perfume… make a bath oil… I just want to smell this scent every day forever… but … Read more