A Little and A Lot

 My sister recently informed me that I haven't blogged in over 2 months.  My initial thought was "well, not much has happened."  But that is not true at all.  Isn't that what life is like lately?  At first glance/thought not much has happened but in reality so much has.  So much.  All these days of routines, constants, simplicity add up.  They add up to what matters most: those small moments, the ordinary, family, time, gratitude.  We have had a few big moments and gosh they are powerful and in this case SO Wonderful and we celebrate those big moments.  But the little ones, the little moments....that's our life.

 

Sunday morning Scrabble.  

Dog walking in the woods.  Every. Single. Day.

A BIG moment.  Amelia James was born on January 11th and what a precious and perfect little lady she is!!  Just the sweetest baby girl and we just adore her already!!!  Welcome to the family sweet Amelia!  And congrats to the entire Sides family.  Love!

Big sister Evelyn was so very excited to have Luke to play with all day while we had a meet and greet with her new baby sister

An entire family of bookworms!

This little lady turned 2 at the end of January and invited us to help celebrate her big day!  Such a cutie!!

Dogs....all day everyday! 

Our Valentine's Day tradition for the last 15 years...make your own heart shaped pizza! Simple and sweet!

Yolanda is still very much a part of our lives :-)  A valentine inspired sourdough masterpiece.

My twice a day girl, Molly

We continue to wander outside as much as possible...finding new trails and "friends"

The Quarantine Crew - this gang is creative and fun and loud and most often muddy and such a blessing!

Post-video game lunch prep before heading to the creek for a picnic lunch and crawdad catching!

Hates it!

This duo spent 6!!! hours at the creek last Saturday.  So fun!

Luckiest kid ever!  Found this on our trail bike ride!! 

The smiles!!  Hahahahaha!

We have had SO MUCH rain in the last 2 months!  My dog walking world has been full of rain gear and umbrellas and mud and my trusty hiking boots and duck boots! 

In our geometry unit over the summer Luke and I studied the work of M.C. Escher and in February our art museum downtown opened a limited time Escher exhibit!  So Awesome!!  The two of us spent a Saturday morning wandering the amazing artwork of this amazing artist/mathematician/architect. 

A quick stop-in from our favorite upstate family.  These two!! :-)

Trail Riding

I took this photo yesterday at about 4pm.  At 4pm my day has slowed down, all the dogs have been walked, Luke is finished with school, L will be home within the next couple of hours, dinner is not yet needing to be cooked, my sneakers are off, sometimes my pajamas are on, and I sit.  Sometimes I read.  And sometimes I just sit.  The light of this photo, the life of this photo, the message of this photo.  Thankful indeed.